Oyo North Senator Abdulfatai Buhari has revealed that terrorists who abducted 49 schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State on May 15 are using motorcycles to pack and transport up to eight bound children into the forest, where they recently beheaded a mathematics teacher while holding the remaining hostages in harsh conditions.
The lawmaker representing Oyo North Senatorial District, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, has exposed the horrific tactics used by the heavily armed bandits who abducted 49 students and teachers in the Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Speaking to journalists at the National Assembly on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, the distraught federal lawmaker described how the terrorists packed the vulnerable captives into deep forest hideouts following a coordinated raid on May 15. Buhari revealed that the kidnappers transported the children like cargo, binding several pupils together on individual motorbikes while brazenly recording propaganda videos of their cross-border transit. The victims—who include a toddler alongside students and staff from Baptist Nursery and Primary School in Yawota, Community Grammar School, and L.A. Primary School in Ahoro-Esinele—have remained in captivity for nearly three weeks, triggering a nationwide security emergency.
The mass abduction took a gruesome turn following confirmation that one of the hostages, a dedicated mathematics teacher identified as Michael Oyedokun, was brutally beheaded by the captors in their jungle enclave. The execution of the educator and the worsening, subhuman conditions endured by the surviving children have sparked intense national outrage, forcing the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to declare a total, indefinite strike action that effectively shut down classrooms on June 1. In a swift federal response to the deteriorating crisis, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu officially approved the emergency mobilization and deployment of 1,000 specialized forest guards to reinforce ongoing tactical operations, protect vulnerable agricultural corridors, and establish an armed perimeter around the state’s sprawling boundary forests.
Providing a crucial update on the joint military-police counter-offensive, Senator Buhari noted that air surveillance teams have successfully localized the coordinates of the criminal camp, though ground troops are advancing with extreme tactical caution to prevent a high-casualty collateral scenario during the final assault. Recounting the heartbreaking operational details visible in the terrorists’ leaked footage, the senator stated: “When they were taking the children away, they would tie six, seven or eight children together. One person would sit in front on the motorcycle, while another armed with a machine gun sat behind. It was a terrifying situation. They were even recording themselves and releasing the videos,” before adding, “It is quite unfortunate. It was terrifying, and since then, police and army surveillance helicopters have been patrolling the area. They’ve narrowed down the location where these people are.”
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