Viral distress videos of a kidnapped Oyo State school principal and teacher pleading for rescue have sparked national outrage, prompting the Senate, pan-Yoruba group Afenifere, and traditional rulers to demand urgent government action following a deadly Friday terrorist raid on three schools in Oriire Local Government Area.
BREAKING 🇳🇬💔: Oyo School Abduction – Mrs Alamu, Principal of Community High School, Esinele, abducted alongside students and teachers on Friday morning, appears in captivity video appealing to Federal Government, Oyo State Government, CAN and Nigerians to secure their release… pic.twitter.com/PsORw1IT56
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Gut-wrenching distress videos of kidnapped schoolchildren and staff from Oyo State went viral Sunday — and Nigeria is furious.
Terrorists on motorbikes stormed Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Community Grammar School, and L.A. Primary School in Oriire Local Government Area around 9:30 am on Friday, May 15, abducting pupils, students, and staff. An assistant headmaster was killed during the attack. Socialbu
In one video, abducted principal Mrs Alamu appealed directly to governments and authorities: “I am making this video to ask for help from everyone, starting from the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Oyo State Government, Seyi Makinde, the Christian Association of Nigeria, and all well-meaning Nigerians, that they should come to our help and settle this thing peacefully so that our lives will not be lost.” Socialbu
A second captive, teacher Temitope Dahunsi, added: “The children are here crying so that we will not waste our lives. Please help us, don’t neglect us.”
🇳🇬: Oyo School Kidnap – Abductors release second video showing a nursing mother pleading emotionally for rescue after being cornered inside a reserve forest.
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Pan-Yoruba group Afenifere declared “Yorubaland is now under siege,” while Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele described the abductions as “an attack on the future of Nigeria” and vowed to fast-track state police legislation. Socialbu
Oyo’s Deputy Governor Bayo Lawal visited affected communities, confirming security forces had killed about three attackers, and warned: “Oyo State is not giving an inch for banditry and criminality.”
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