Akinwunmi-AmbodeLagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday said his government will see to the rescue of the three school girls who were kidnapped on Monday evening.
The three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School in Ikorodu area of the state were kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Monday evening.
“We have not been silent on this unfortunate development. In a delicate security matter of this nature, where young innocent people are involved and management of information demands utmost circumspect, we were convinced that swift and coordinated reaction, guided by intelligence reports on the part of the Police, was a better and more sensitive approach to take, rather than a sensational, panic-stricken reaction”, Governor Ambode said in a statement signed by the commissioner of information, Steve Ayorinde.
Ambode said the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni as well as the Assistant Inspector General of Police for the Lagos/Ogun Command were fully on ground at the scene and vicinity of the incident leading the entire coordinated effort involving every military apparatus.
“We believe in the capacity of the Police to lead this rescue mission. I have had ceaseless briefing with them since the incident happened and God helping us, we shall spare no effort in securing the safe release of the girls and continue to secure the school and indeed every part of Lagos”.