Oriire Abduction: Witness Confirms Identity of Two Slain Teachers, Says Other Victims Recovered Their Bodies
The witness said 49 students and teachers were moved through six camps and suffered severe hunger before security forces freed them.
- On Thursday, a Department of State Services witness testified before the Federal High Court in Abuja regarding the 56-day captivity of 49 students and teachers abducted from Oriire Local Government Area, Oyo State, in May.
- Five defendants linked to the Ansarul terrorist group pleaded not guilty to seven terrorism-related counts; they already serve life sentences for prior convictions and face potential death penalties under Nigeria's 2022 anti-terrorism law if convicted.
- Describing the 56-day ordeal as "dehumanising," the witness, code-named "AAA," detailed how captives, including children as young as one and a half years old, suffered severe hunger and thirst while held in six different forest locations.
- The kidnappers claimed the government was not serious about meeting demands to release imprisoned Ansarul members, rather than ransom, the witness stated; they killed two teachers to pressure negotiations.
- Judge Salim Ibrahim granted the application for witness protection from Director of Public Prosecutions Rotimi Oyedepo, while defense counsel Bala Dakum is scheduled to cross-examine the witness on Friday.
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Oriire Abduction: Witness Confirms Identity of Two Slain Teachers, Says Other Victims Recovered Their Bodies
A witness in the ongoing trial of alleged members of the Ansaru terror group confirmed the identities of two teachers who were killed during the abduction of students and staff of a school in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State
Oriire: Abductors fed us only when convenient for them - DSS witness tells court
The witness of the Department of State Service, DSS in the ongoing trial of five alleged Ansaru terror group members on Friday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that their abductors fed them only when it was convenient for them. The witness code named AAA who was one of the victims of Orire school abduction said […] Oriire: Abductors fed us only when convenient for them – DSS witness tells court
Orire: How Kidnappers Dehumanised Us
A witness for the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday told the Federal High Court in Abuja how 49 students and teachers abducted from schools in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State were subjected to what she described as a “dehumanising” ordeal during 56 days in captivity. The witness, identified as AAA for security reasons, told Justice Salim Olasupo Ibrahim that the victims were moved through six different locations during thei…
Orire: How kidnappers dehumanized, tortured us for 56 days, victim tells court
A witness for the Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday told the Federal High Court in Abuja how 49 students and teachers abducted from schools in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State were subjected to what she described as a “dehumanising” ordeal during 56 days in captivity.
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