Gunmen on Thursday evening, November 25, reportedly abducted at least 5 persons along Auga-Ise Road in Akoko East Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The gunmen were said to have kidnapped; the principal of the Auga Community Grammar School , Joshua Adeyemi; the Vice Principal, Ifedayo Yesufu; a teacher of the school, Mrs Oloyede Bukola; including two NPower teachers in the school; Adagunodo Funmilayo and Mrs Blessing Okeke.

A source told PUNCH that the five victims were in Toyota Corolla car with registration no LSD 297 AH when the gunmen accosted them on the road and abducted them into the forest.

Report says one of the victims, Blessing Okeke, who was pregnant, was released because of her condition but the rest were still in the custody of the gunmen.

The wife of the abducted school principal, Hellen Adeyemi, said it was the pregnant woman that broke the news to her saying her husband’s vehicle was abandoned on the spot where they were kidnapped.

The kidnappers are yet to contact the family of the abductees, however, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ikare Division, Oladutoye Akinwande said the police had removed the abandoned car while effort is in on to secure their release.