{"id":14063,"date":"2017-06-07T18:38:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T17:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=14063"},"modified":"2017-06-07T18:38:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T17:38:04","slug":"anguish-as-parents-of-kidnapped-students-storm-ambodes-office-4-students-fall-ill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/anguish-as-parents-of-kidnapped-students-storm-ambodes-office-4-students-fall-ill\/","title":{"rendered":"Anguish as parents of kidnapped students storm Ambode\u2019s office: 4 students fall ill"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tayo Olanipekun<\/p>\n

It was a scene of sorrow on Wednesday morning as parents of kidnapped students of the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, Epe, stormed the office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to demand for the release of their children 14 days after they were abducted by gunmen.<\/p>\n

The parents said the kidnappers told them on Tuesday that four of their children were now sick and that they would henceforth not negotiate with the prents any longer or allow them speak with their children, insisting that negotiations will only be with the government.<\/p>\n

Mothers of the children were seen weeping and wailing profusely and calling on the state government to do something urgently to get their children released.<\/p>\n

A woman who refused to give her name was overtaken by emotions as she was wailing at the top of her voice, calling on government to get her child, identified as Isiaka, out of the kidnappers\u2019 den immediately.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Toyin Philips, mother of Pelumi, a 17-year-old student among those kidnapped, was seen weeping and demanding government\u2019s intervention in the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want my son back. I sent my son to the school because there was no money. If I had the money they are demanding for, would I have sent my son to that school?\u201d She asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are the ones negotiating with the kidnappers. The kidnappers said they wanted N100 million. Government, please, don\u2019t let our children die. Let their release be done today,\u201d lamented another parent, Mrs Agbaosi, whose son Judah, is among those kidnapped.<\/p>\n

Spokesperson of the parents, Mr. Dapo Adesega, lamented that their children had been with the kidnappers for 14 days and that government had not deemed it fit to communicate with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t communicate with us, how do we know that government cares for our plight. If we had not come here today, we won\u2019t have heard anything from the government,\u201d he told government officials who were sent to address them.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody from the government has come to us since the incident occurred two weeks ago, we did not come here with placards because we want government to help us. Please, government should help us. We have been trying to negotiate with them but they rejected our offer because it is too small.<\/p>

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\u201cThey said we cannot speak with our children again as four of them are ill. We want government to help us, we are trusting in you. Our kids are not allowed to talk to us again, I took my child to a government school, so the government should help us,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Another parent, Moruf Ramon, whose 19-year-old son Isiaka Ramon, is still being held by the kidnappers said the kidnappers had refused to negotiate with them any further as what they offered to pay them was small.<\/p>\n

He said there was no way they could raise such huge ransom of N100 million being demanded by the kidnappers, adding that so far, the parents offered to give the kidnappers N10 million they raised, but that they rejected it.<\/p>\n

Officials of the Lagos State Government came to address the parents and assured them that government would stop at nothing until the children were released.<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s delegation was led by the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Muslim Folami. Others were the Special Adviser to the Governor on Community and Communications, Kehinde Bamigbetan and the Special Adviser to the Governor on the Environment, Babatunde Hunpe.<\/p>\n

Speaking, Folami appealed to the parents to be calm and that government was doing all it could to get the children released, saying that government was embarrassed that such a thing could occur in one of it’s schools.<\/p>\n

He told the parents that the state government had been working round the clock to ensure the release of the children and that it would happen very soon.<\/p>\n

When the parents asked how soon, Folami said he could not tell, but that there was no way government could disclose certain intelligence information at its disposal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWork is going on and soon, your children will be released to you. We cannot give you intelligence reports now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Also speaking, Bamigbetan said government knew the pains the parents were going through and that everything would be done to get the children released very soon, while appealing for calm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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