How Oyo kidnap victims were moved to forest – Senator
Senator Abdulfatai Buhari revealed details about the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Oyo State. The kidnappers tied multiple children together on a motorcycle while armed and recorded the operation. The incident has led to national concern and a strike by the Nigeria Union of Teachers demanding the victims' rescue.
- ▪Forty-nine individuals, including schoolchildren and teachers, were abducted from various schools in Oyo State.
- ▪The kidnappers have been identified as armed men who have kept the victims in harsh conditions since their abduction on May 15.
- ▪In response to the crisis, President Bola Tinubu has deployed 1,000 forest guards to assist in rescue operations.
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Add us on Google The senator representing Oyo North Senatorial District, Abdulfatai Buhari, has revealed that the kidnappers who abducted schoolchildren and teachers in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State tied as many as eight children together on a motorcycle while conveying them into the forest. Mr Buhari, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the abductors, armed with machine guns, escorted the children and teachers deep into the forest while recording videos of the operation. The senator disclosed this while speaking with journalists at the National Assembly on Wednesday, recounting details of the abduction. “When they were taking the children away, six, seven or eight children, they would tie them back to each other.
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