Oyo Principal reveals bandits executed Deacon Olaleye after Oyedokun in captivity

In a chilling and highly emotional eyewitness account captured on video, Mrs Rachael Alamu, the rescued principal of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele, has revealed that the armed bandits who abducted school pupils and staff in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State executed two teachers in cold blood.

While early security reports highlighted the tragic death of mathematics teacher Mr Michael Oyedokun, Mrs. Alamu disclosed that another educator, identified as Deacon John Olaleye, was also murdered by the terrorists during their gruelling 56-day captivity.

“They killed them to send a message” 

Speaking on the horrifying conditions they endured, the visibly shaken principal explained that the executions were a deliberate tactic used by the bandits to terrorise both the hostages and the government.

According to Mrs Alamu, the captors were highly aware of the security forces trailing them and used the lives of the educators as leverage.

“The reason the kidnappers killed the teachers—Mr. Michael Oyedokun and Deacon—was to scare away the security agencies,” Alamu revealed. “They wanted to send a clear, bloody message to the government that they meant business and would not hesitate to kill everyone if their demands were not met.”

She described how the victims watched in absolute terror as their colleagues were singled out and executed. 

The surviving hostages, including children as young as four years old, were then forced to continue marching through the dense forests of the Old Oyo National Park under the threat of meeting the same fate.

56 days of chaos, midnight treks

The abduction, which began on May 15, 2026, when bandits raided three schools in the Yawota and Ahoro-Esinele communities, subjected 45 pupils and teachers to unimaginable physical and psychological torture.

Mrs Alamu recounted the harrowing logistics of their captivity:

Targeted Brutality: While the young children were beaten into submission to prevent them from crying out, the male teachers were kept blindfolded and in heavy metal chains.

Constant Movement: To evade military drone surveillance and ground troops, the bandits forced the hostages to trek for hours in pitch darkness, navigating uncharted, thorny paths.

Deprivation: The survivors spent nearly two months sleeping on the bare forest floor, exposed to torrential rains and harsh weather, with little to no food.

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