No fewer than five staff and students of the Turkish International School, Isheri, a border between Lagos and Ogun States, were on Friday night kidnapped, Vanguard newspaper is reporting.
They were said to have been abducted late on Friday.
While three staff were said to have been kidnapped, two students were also taken away by the kidnappers.
The spokesperson of the school, Cema Yigit, could not be reached as at press time.
But the spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, conformed the incident.
Oyeyemi, however, said he did not have details.
He said: “From the information at my disposal, the victims were and staff.
“We don’t know if some Nigerian staff members are among.
“The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command has deployed the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad as well as other police operatives to move there.
“He has directed that the abducted persons must be rescued unhurt.”
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