Academic activities were on Monday afternoon paralysed at the Onireke Girls’ High School in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, when some people suspected to be kidnappers invaded the premises of the school.
Daily Sun gathered that the invaders numbering about five and dressed like mad persons, had been terrorising students and staff of the school in the last few weeks.
They were again sighted on Monday by a food vendor and some students of the school inside a bush at the back of one of the blocks of classrooms within the premises of the school.
The situation led to confusion as the students, including those sitting the Junior Secondary School Examinations, reportedly ran for safety.
Some of the students, however, informed the vice principal of the school (name withheld) of the presence of the ‘mad persons’ within the school premises.
The vice principal was said to have followed the students to the scene to confirm the report, but on getting there, one of the suspected kidnappers came out of the bush and attempted to attack him.
The situation made the vice principal to alert the school’s gatekeeper and some male teachers, who immediately chased the hoodlums to their hideout.
The teachers and the vice principal were, however, able to capture one of the hoodlums, while their hideout was thoroughly combed.
Items recovered at the hideout included several bottles of hot drink, bottles of juice and soft drink, perfume, eggs, among others.
The arrested hoodlum was later handed over to the police.
Efforts made to get the reaction of the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Olabisi Okuwobi-Ilobana, failed.

Kidnappers invade Ibadan school, paralyse academic activities