NUT Take To Streets Over Abducted  Oyo School Children, Teachers, Laments Govt’s Insensitivity

By Akinwale Kasali

It has been two weeks since school children and their teachers were abducted from their schools in Oriire Local Government of Oyo State. While one of the teachers was shot dead in one of the schools, another,  a mathematics teacher,  was beheaded by thr abductors while in captivity.

The abductors while carrying out the inhumane activity videod it and made it go viral by posting the horrifying action on the internet.

Sadly, the Nigerian Government led by President Bola Tinubu is yet to take a drastic action in bringing back the Children and their Teachers from the abductors den.

Following the alleged insensitivity, hundreds of teachers under the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, in Oyo State, took to the street in Oyo State to express their grievances. They called on the Federal, State Government and Security Agencies to bing back the Children and their Teachers homes.

During the protest tagged

‘Bring Back Our School Children and colleagues’, the teachers took to the streets, to  clamour for the safe return of the Children and Teachers.

The protesters converged at the busy Iwo Road axis in Ibadan, chanting solidarity songs and holding placards with different inscriptions like; ‘Bring Back Our School Children and Colleagues’, ‘The Children are Innocent’, ‘Save Us From This Nightmare’, ‘President Tinubu, Rise To The Occasion And Bring Back Our Children and Colleagues”, “Bring back our children, no more bandits’, among other inscriptions.

The Protesters marched through the Capital City down to the House of Assembly and Governor’s Office in Agodi.

The demonstration follows the May 15 incident where heavily armed kidnappers invaded Esiele in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting over 40 students and teachers.

Following the incident, the terrorists released footage showing how their victims are being punished deep within the forest.

With two weeks in captivity with no positive outcome, Primary and Secondary school teachers in the State stormed the streets to demand for action from  relevant authorities.

This development follows an earlier protest staged by concerned residents over the same kidnapping incident just a week ago.