Rescued pupils, teachers to reunite with families this week, says govt

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji (middle) and others, during a visit to the rescued abducted schoolchildren and teachers at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti… yesterday.

Ekiti State Government has said that the rescued abducted pupils and teachers of Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School, Emure-Ekiti that are receiving medical treatment at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti, would be discharged this week.


The state’s Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr OyebanjiFilani, who spoke with newsmen, yesterday, during a visit to the hospital to assess the level of recovery of the pupils, said that they were in stable condition, adding that he was happy with the progress they have made in their recovery.

Meanwhile, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Prof. Olabanji Kayode, who spoke on their level of recovery, said that the rescued pupils were given proper medical services available in the hospital, saying that all of them have made progress.

Kayode said that due to the trauma they went through in the hands of the kidnappers, the medical team is still working on the psychological state of mind, saying that the minor injuries they sustained were almost healed up.

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