Inside FG’s Strategy: Filming Bandits’ Families to Free Kidnapped Oyo School Victims

Security agencies used intelligence and technology to rescue the schoolchildren and teachers abducted in Oriire, Oyo State. The operation brought together the DSS, the Navy’s Special Operations Squad, the Air Force and the Police. Investigators traced and arrested relatives of the kidnappers across northern states from Kwara to Borno. The teams filmed the detained mothers, wives and children to confirm their identities. Officials then sent the video to the bandits with a stern warning: any harm to the captives would lead to retaliation against their families. The tactically targeted threat secured the safe release of all victims.

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