The rescued Oyo State pupils and teachers from kidnappers have started reuniting with their families following their discharge from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso.
Penpushing reports that it would be recalled that the 44 pupils and teachers spent 56 days in captivity with their abductors before they were finally rescued by the military and other security operatives
The victims on return were placed under medical observation for 24 hours before being discharged to reunite with their families, ending about two-months of anxiety for relatives who had feared they might never see their loved ones alive again.
Penpushing further reports families besieged the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso on Tuesday where the victims had been receiving treatment and psychosocial support since their rescue.
The hospital officials coordinated the discharge process, calling out the names of the rescued pupils one after another as anxious family members stepped forward to receive them, however, sources said 31 victims have been discharged, while one is being diagnosed with a heart defect.
Penpushing also reports that among those reunited with their families include Testimony, Aliyu Ahmed, Abati Elizabeth and Adeleke Joshua, whose names echoed through the hall before emotional relatives rushed forward with tears, prayers and thanksgiving.
The reunions came a day after the victims were formally handed over to the Oyo State Government by the Nigerian military following their rescue during a coordinated security operation involving the Nigerian Army, Air Force, Police, the State Security Service (SSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Amotekun Corps, local hunters and vigilantes.
Penpushing reports that in one of the circulating videos, a mother, overwhelmed with emotion after embracing her daughter, Testimony, thanked God and security agencies for bringing her child home alive.
The victims who were pupils and teachers of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele; Primary School, Esinele; and Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State were on May 15, 2026 abducted by gunmen who invaded the schools
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