The rescued principal of Community High School, Ahoro-Esiele, in Oyo State, Alamu Folawe, has given an account how her colleagues, Michael Oyedokun and Deacon were brutally killed by the kidnappers.
She was recalling one of the saddest chapters of insecurity in Nigeria, a 56-day captivity that ended yesterday, marking the rescue of the remaining abductees.
According to her their abductors used all tricks possible to weigh them down, in their bid to make the government succumb to their blackmail.
“A relief to us is that Nigerians were praying for us. Many times, they used fear to subdue us.
“At one point, they told us the government wasn’t interested in our case anymore because they didn’t value us. But there were times we held on to hope that we would come out alive,” she said.
“Mr Michael was killed on the second day, while Deacon was killed on the first Sunday in June.
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“They killed them purposely because they felt that would force the government to give them whatever they wanted,”
“It was until we got out that we discovered the whole world was on our case. We have scars already, but we believe with time we will heal,” she added.
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