In March 2024, Primate Elijah Ayodele, in an interview, called on the Nigerian Police and military formations to quickly work on kidnapping in Nigerian academic institutions, as there were plans to abduct students from schools.
This warning was published in several Nigerian newspapers, and in his words, the prophet called on President Tinubu to give it all it takes because the terrorists, which he said were new groups, would spread to other states to perpetrate the acts if they were not seriously tackled.
He made this revelation shortly after a similar incident happened in Kaduna.
These were his words:
“It is no longer Boko Haram or any existing group that is behind these kidnappings; it is a new group, and they will soon name it. It’s a new terrorism syndicate that must be defeated. We should commit our military in prayers to defeat terrorism; we must not allow terrorists to ruin this government.
‘’These terrorists want to scare people from going to school, they want to destroy the future of this country, but Tinubu shouldn’t agree. He should cooperate with the security outfits to defeat terrorism.
‘’If the government doesn’t act on this, they are ready to move to other states. The government must wake up and curb this now if not, school children will be kidnapped in other states apart from the north.’’
In fulfilment of this prophetic warning, Terrorists in the early hours of Monday stormed the Maga Comprehensive Girls’ Secondary School in Kebbi State, abducting an unspecified number of female students and killing at least one staff member.
A school guard was also injured during the attack, which occurred around 5:52 am.
The attackers invaded the school compound while the students were preparing for morning routines, launching their assault with sporadic gunfire.
