Professor Wole Alamu, husband of Mrs. Rachael Alamu, the Oyo State school principal who spent more than 50 days in captivity after being abducted with pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area, has shared how he coped during the ordeal.
Speaking during a thanksgiving service after his wife’s release, Alamu disclosed that he eventually blocked the kidnappers’ phone numbers because their repeated threats were destabilising his health.
“You cannot kill me here and kill her there. Choose one. If you want to take her, she is going to be with Christ. You cannot kill the two of us at the same time,” he recounted.
He explained that constant communication with the abductors left him emotionally drained and battling high blood pressure.
At one point, he was unable to complete a medical check-up because a threatening message from the kidnappers spiked his blood pressure.
Alamu described the abduction as the greatest challenge his family had
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