Fayose Fingers Gov. Makinde In Oyo Kidnap

By Ayodele Oni

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has again poured his anger on Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State accusing him of orchestrating the recent school kidnapping to blackmail President Bola Tinubu.

Some school children and teachers were kidnapped by unknown gunmen in some local governments in Oyo State last Friday.

 Tinubu despatched a high powered delegation to the affected areas and promised to ensure the safe return of the abducted school children.

However, Fayose while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said: “Let me branch to Oyo State, before you get to the president in the hierarchy of leadership and governance, there is local government, there is state, state has security vote and there are people that are supposed to be working.

“In Oyo State, I strongly believe though I might be wrong, but this sometimes might be orchestrated.

“The governor of Oyo State had his nomination and that of his candidates in the face of this abduction.

“He did not take any action, no steps were taken, it was after those nominations that he went to the families to visit them.

“I sometimes believe that the abduction at Oyo School was orchestrated by the Oyo State Government to blackmail President Tinubu’s administration.

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, had on Saturday visited families and relations of the victims revealing government efforts to ensure safe return of the victims.

Posting his visit on his official Facebook page, Makinde said: “Today we visited Oriire LGA to meet with the family members of children and teachers that were abducted about two weeks ago.

“After listening to them, I gave them the assurance that we are doing everything humanly possible to ensure the safe return of those who were kidnapped, and that by the grace of God, they will be reunited with their loved ones very soon.”

The abduction which occurred on May 15 has since sparked outrage across the State and the country at large, prompting protests by teachers and civil society groups, who called for urgent government action to secure the release of the victims and improve security around schools.