mother slumps over her abdopetd child in Lagos and hospitalized

The mother of one of the abducted school

girls from Babington Macurlay Junior
Seminary (BMJS) Friday slumped and was
rushed to a hospital in mainland Lagos.
Timilehin Olosa, Tofunmi Popoolaniyan and
Deborah Akinayo were abducted from the
classrooms on Monday night by suspected
pipeline vandals numbering about 10.
The woman said to be the mother of the girl
who has taken ill in the kidnappers’ den since
Tuesday allegedly collapsed after four days of
dry fasting.
It was learnt that the woman’s health
deteriorated after the girls were not freed on
Friday morning as promised.
The woman was said to have had high hopes
following assurances from security agencies
that the girls would be rescued Friday.
She was said to have been rushed to a
hospital where she was treated and released
after several hours.
Meanwhile, The Nation gathered that the
kidnappers have insisted on the N10million
ransom, despite pleas by the woman’s family,
who it was learnt have raised a million.
“The woman had high hopes that the girls will
be rescued last night but when the
kidnappers were said to have insisted on
N10million, the woman whose family has
raised a million Naira collapsed.
“She was rushed to a hospital in the mainland
where they leave. She was hospitalised but
much later, she was returned home. She has
also been fasting since the girls were
kidnapped. So far, the kidnappers are still
insisting on N10million. They have refused all
pleas to accept the one million Naira the
family has raised,” said a source.
When contacted, the Lagos State Police
command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a
Superintendent of Police said she was not
aware of the collapse, adding “that
information is not at my disposal.”
She assured that the rescue efforts have
been intensified, adding that the police was
hopeful the girls will soon be reunited with
their loved ones.