Gunmen, who hijacked a school bus on Thursday morning in Oba Ile, Akure North local government of Ondo State, have released the abducted female staff.

Thelagostimes gathered the gunmen missed their target as no pupil was inside the bus when they struck.

Thelagostimes had earlier reported that gunmen numbering about eight hijacked a school bus in a housing estate in Oba-Ile, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.

According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred early on Thursday morning when the driver of the bus and the attendant were going round to pick the pupils.

The gunmen, who reportedly rode on motorcycles, had crossed the bus belonging to Chimola School around 6:45am when the driver was on a routine of picking pupils.

They had driven the bus to a bush after Ilara Mokin before they asked the abducted bus attendant to start running.

Narrating her ordeal, the staff who gave her name as Omolayo Ojo, told TheNation that the abductors blocked them and brought out a gun and a battle axe.

She said they dragged the driver out but took her along as they drove away. Ojo stated when they got to the bush, they asked her to cooperate and requested about her name and her father’s.

According to her: “I saw one brought out gun and the other brought out battle axe. The driver was dragged out they pressed my face down so I didn’t know the route they took.

“When they got to the bush, they brought me down, asked about my name and asked me to cooperate.

“They later told me to run without looking back. I met an old woman who showed me the way to a road.

“An Okada rider gave me N500 and showed me the way to town from where I took a transport to Akure.

Principal of the school, Mrs. Akinde Bolatito, said the driver narrated to her what happened at the police station where he was still being questioned.

“Omolayo has been working with us for over two years. She said they drove her into the bush. She was not tampered with. No hurt on her body.

“There was no pupil inside the bus. It was an empty bus. This has been their normal runs. We have never had any issue with our bus or our staff.

“Our children are in good hands. The police are on it.”