Members of the Oyo House of Assembly have rejected calls for the state government to negotiate with kidnappers over the rescue of schoolchildren and teachers abducted in Ogbomoso.
On May 15, suspected bandits attacked three schools in the Oriire LGA, abducting about 39 students and seven teachers.
The crisis escalated days later when Michael Oyedokun, one of the abducted teachers, was killed by the abductors.
In a recent video released on Instagram, Rachael Alamu, principal of Community High School, Esiele, who is among the abductees, said the kidnappers had threatened to kill another victim, urging authorities to urgently negotiate their release.
The incident sparked widespread outrage, culminating in nationwide protests in the past two days by members of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) and other stakeholders.
However, at the plenary on Wednesday, the Oyo lawmakers maintained that the priority should be intensified rescue
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