Yoruba elders condemn Oyo school abductions, task South-west governors

The Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, has condemned the coordinated abduction of implicit 45 pupils, students and teachers from 3 schools successful Oriire Local Government Area, Oyo State, connected Friday, 15th May, 2026.

The affected schools are Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yaworan, Community Grammar School, Esiele, and L. A. Primary School. 

In a connection signed by its Secretary-General, Chief Oladipo Oyewole, Yoruba Elders described the onslaught arsenic “not conscionable a transgression against Oyo State, but an battle connected the conscience of Nigeria, connected the aboriginal of the Southwest, and connected the ineffable close of each kid to larn successful safety.”

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural enactment said schools indispensable ne'er go hunting grounds for kidnappers and bandits. 

“In the look of this disfigured occurrence, we telephone connected the Federal Government of Nigeria to instantly deploy peculiar forces, quality assets, and logistics enactment to guarantee the harmless and unconditional merchandise of each abducted victims,” the connection said.

YCE further called connected the Governors of the six Sout...