After 56 days in captivity our children may not return to schools — Oriire parents

By Adeola Badru, IBADAN The traumatic experience of spending 56 days in captivity has left many parents and relatives of pupils abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State reluctant to send their children back to the affected schools, despite their successful rescue.

Read Also: Oriire Schoolchildren: How arrest of kidnappers’ family members led victims’ rescue While expressing gratitude to God, the Federal Government, security agencies and everyone who contributed to securing the victims’ release, some parents said the psychological impact of the ordeal remained too overwhelming for them to immediately allow their children to return to the schools where the abduction occurred.

Some relatives said that during the 56 days in captivity, many families had lost hope that their loved ones would return alive, insisting that convincing security guarantee must precede any return to the affected schools.