The principal of Auga Community Grammar School, Joshua Adeyemi, has been kidnapped at gunpoint.
Point News247 reports that Joshua Adeyemi and four others were kidnapped along the Auga/Ise-Akoko Road in Akoko North-East Local Government Area, Ondo State.
Adeyemi was abducted together with his vice, Ifedayo Yesufu, and three other teachers in the school at gunpoint.
The incident happened on Thursday afternoon when the victims were travelling in a Toyota Corolla. They were rounded up and taken into the forest by the attackers.
One of the victims, a pregnant lady, Blessing Okeke, was released by the abductors due to her condition after she had trekked for over one hour in the forest.
Okeke alerted the families of the victims who then reported the incident to the police.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of Ondo State Police Command, DSP Funmilayo Odunlami, who also confirmed the incident said a team of policemen has since been deployed to the area.
She said the team is combing the forest and the entire vicinity to rescue the remaining four victims and apprehend the kidnappers.