As the people of Edo State await the release of human rights lawyer,
Chief Mike Ozekhome, another female primary school teacher at Ekpoma,
Esan West Local Government Area of the state, Mrs Queen Ogbodu was on
Monday reportedly abducted with two children by gunmen suspected to be
kidnappers.
The teacher, a staff of Ile Primary School and the children whose
identities could not be ascertained, were allegedly abducted by their
captors while returning from school. When contacted, Edo State Police
Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Moses Eguavoen who confirmed the
incident, said full scale investigation had commenced.
Reacting, the Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the National Union
of Teachers (NUT), Patrick Ikosimi, described it as sad and expressed
disbelief over the rising wave of kidnapping in the state.
“I received the information today (Tuesday) and it is very sad. Teachers
are the least paid. In fact, the day a teacher receives his salary,
that is when his trouble begins,” he said.
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