NUT, students demand immediate release of abducted Oyo teachers, pupils

Members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Taraba State chapter, alongside students from crossed the state, on Tuesday staged a peaceful rally successful Jalingo, calling connected the Federal Government and information agencies to guarantee the contiguous and harmless merchandise of students and teachers precocious abducted successful Oriire Community, Oyo State.

The rally commenced from Barde Way and terminated astatine the TY Danjuma House, wherever the protesters delivered their connection to authorities officials.

The teachers and students converged astatine the authorities installation to explicit solidarity with their counterparts successful Oyo State and to request urgent enactment to unafraid the merchandise of the victims.

Addressing the protesters, Governor Agbu Kefas, represented by the Commissioner for Vocational and Secondary Education, Dr Augustina Godwin, condemned the abduction, describing it arsenic a barbaric and unacceptable act.

He stressed that the lives of the abducted students and teachers were invaluable and urged the Federal Government and information agencies to intensify efforts towards their contiguous rescue.

The politician besides reaffirmed the committedness of...