Makinde seeks UN probe into abduction of Oyo pupils, teachers

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has called on the United Nations, UN, and international human rights organisations to investigate the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Oriire LGA on May 15.

The governor made this known while speaking in a broadcast after receiving the rescued pupils and their teachers in his office in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Monday.

Makinde said the “Circumstances surrounding this incident are sufficiently grave and unusual to warrant independent scrutiny.

“I therefore, with a full sense of responsibility, as the executive gover of Oyo State, call on the appropriate international human rights and accountability mechanism, including those within the United Nations system, to closely examine the fact surrounding these abductions,” he said.

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