{"id":99648,"date":"2026-07-10T17:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=99648"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:44:49","slug":"good-news-all-kidnapped-oyo-school-pupils-teachers-rescued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=99648","title":{"rendered":"Good News: All Kidnapped Oyo School Pupils, Teachers Rescued (+Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u25cf <strong>Nine abductors neutralized<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A joint security team comprising the Nigerian Army and Police, backed with intelligence from the Department of State Services (DSS) have rescued all the school children and teachers kidnapped on May 15, 2026, by armed bandits in Oyo State.<\/p>\n<p>Security sources confirmed that, during the operation, at least nine of the bandits were neutralized, bringing to an end the nearly two months in captivity of the children and their teachers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"r0TSkwku5R\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=99646\">Echoes of Trauma: Life on Hold \u2014 The waiting that changes us (Part 2)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cEchoes of Trauma: Life on Hold \u2014 The waiting that changes us (Part 2)\u201d \u2014 Everyday.ng\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=99646&amp;embed=true#?secret=uCnVXiSmpv#?secret=r0TSkwku5R\" data-secret=\"r0TSkwku5R\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260710_185652_383.sdocx--><\/p>\n<p>According to the sources, the joint security forces, relying on intelligence from the DSS, swooped on the abductors early Friday morning.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99653\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-99653\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HM4eRTsXoAAkalE-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HM4eRTsXoAAkalE-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HM4eRTsXoAAkalE-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HM4eRTsXoAAkalE-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HM4eRTsXoAAkalE-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HM4eRTsXoAAkalE-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HM4eRTsXoAAkalE.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rescued Oyo schoolchildren and their teachers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The victims, made up of school children and their teachers, the sources said, are on their way to Ibadan to meet the state governor, Seyi Makinde.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 360px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-99648-1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/VID-20260710-WA0026.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/VID-20260710-WA0026.mp4\">https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/VID-20260710-WA0026.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The armed bandits reportedly linked to a Boko Haram faction &#8211; abducted 39 pupils and seven teachers during coordinated morning raids on three schools in the Yawota and Ahoro-Esiele communities of Oriire Local Government Area, Oyo State. Sadly, a mathematics teacher in Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of the state, Michael Oyedokun, who was among those kidnapped, was later beheaded by the bandits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details later&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u25cf Nine abductors neutralized A joint security team comprising the Nigerian Army and Police, backed with intelligence from the Department of State Services (DSS) have rescued all the school children and teachers kidnapped on May 15, 2026, by armed bandits in Oyo State. 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