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Cajetan Adekoya, Oduntan II of Ibonwon community in Epe, Lagos, has blamed the abduction of some students and teachers in the town on the neglect of the school by the state government.

Adekoya advised the government to immediately provide adequate security in Epe to prevent more of such ugly incident.

The principal, a teacher and four students of Lagos State Model College, Igbonla, Epe, were abducted at around 8am on Thursday.

“This issue of abduction of innocent children from schools is getting too much; it is time security is beefed up at schools in the outskirts,” he said.

“These schools are property of the government and should be taken care of; there should be full presence of security personnel in Epe because of its peculiar nature.”

He said the bushy state of the area was a sign of neglect by the authorities, which gave the abductors a room to penetrate into the school.

“Innocent children should not be victims of failure of duty by constituted authorities,” he said.

He appealed to the state government to pay attention to Epe, surrounded by water, swamps and bushes.

“The siting of any government property should attract security presence for proper protection, especially as we are surrounded by water and forest,” he said.