A female member of staff of Chimola School in Oba Ile, Ondo State who was abducted after the school bus was hijacked on Thursday morning by gunmen has regained her freedom.
Omolayo Ojo was taken away while the driver was dragged out of the bus during the attack around 6:45am.
It was gathered that the gunmen drove the bus to a bush after Ilara Mokin before they asked Ms Ojo to alight and start running.
The bus attendant said the gunmen asked her her name before letting her go.
“I saw one brought out gun and the other brought out battle axe. The driver was dragged out they pressed my face down so I didn’t know the route they took,” she told the news media.
“When they got to the bush, they brought me down, asked about my name and asked me to cooperate.
“They later told me to run without looking back. I met an old woman who showed me the way to a road.
“An Okada rider gave me N500 and showed me the way to town from where I took transport to Akure.”
Principal of the school Akinde Bolatito said the driver gave the police his report, adding that Ojo did not suffer bodily harm.
“Omolayo has been working with us for over two years. She said they drove her into the bush. She was not tampered with. No hurt on her body,” she said.
“There was no pupil inside the bus. It was an empty bus. This has been their normal runs. We have never had any issue with our bus or our staff.”
“Our children are in good hands. The police are on it,” Mrs Bolatito added.
