Parents of pupils of Babington Macaulay
Junior Seminary School, a private school in the Ikorodu area of Lagos,
have blamed the abduction of three schoolgirls of the college on
security lapses in the school. The parents lamented that the low
perimeter fence of the school and inadequate presence of security
personnel at the hostel end, where the pupils were abducted, posed
little or no barrier to the hoodlums.
BMJSS is a co-educational secondary school owned by the Lagos Anglican Diocese.
Despite that the schoolgirls were
kidnapped on Monday night and the information had been widely
circulated, neither the Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, nor
his representatives had visited the school as of 8pm on Tuesday.
The state government had also yet to make a statement on the abduction.
It was learnt that the pupils were
studying in the Science and Technology Block for their examinations near
the hostel around 8pm on Monday when the gunmen, said to be about 15 in
number, stormed the premises, shooting sporadically.
The bandits, one of whom was said to be masked, were reported to have been resisted by some male students. The students, however, had to beat a retreat when the hoodlums inflicted machete cuts on one of the male students.
The arrival of the school’s security men, who joined the students, forced the invaders to flee.
The bandits reportedly escaped with the
three girls, said to be in senior classes, through the fence after
failed attempts by the school security guards and some of the pupils to
resist the abduction.
Our correspondents, who went round the
school on Tuesday, observed that the fence borders a site, which houses
several uncompleted buildings, with bush paths criss-crossing most of
the areas.
Some panic-stricken parents hurriedly took their children away from the school on Tuesday.
No fewer than five parents picked their children from the school before our correspondents left the school.
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