No fewer than four members of staff of the Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, who were kidnapped on Tuesday have been released.
The freed captives were among eight people initially kidnapped on December 4.
While three others were freed almost immediately, one other person died on the spot.
Mr Olaleye Olalekan (Bus. Admin department), Engr. Adeyeoluwa Bankole (HOD civil engineering), Dr Jesuola Ajibola (Director Ventures), Adenreti Chukwu (Secretary to Civil Engineering Department), Olaniyi Emmanuel Temitope (Registry Staff who died on the spot) and Rachael Onyinocha Akinboboye, (OSCOTECH Microfinance Bank) were the names identified missing
However, according to the released victims, they claimed that the attackers were armed herdsmen who were demanding for an unspecified ransom.
Sources at the school disclosed that the gunmen blocked the Esa-Oke Road leading to the campus at about 4:00 pm on Tuesday and stopped several vehicles before abducting some of the occupants.
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