The Oyo State Executive Council has appealed to the Nigerian Union of Teachers to allow students to go back to school and discontinue the disruption of the academic calendar.
The appeal was contained in a statement on Wednesday, issued by the Commissioner for Information, Dotun Oyelade, after the council meeting held on Tuesday.
The NUT had directed teachers in public schools in the state to shun classrooms following the May 15, 2026, abduction of teachers and pupils in Oriire Local Government Area.
The PUNCH reports that a total of 46 people, comprising 39 schoolchildren and seven teachers of Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota; Community Grammar School; and L.A. Primary School, Esiele, in Oriire LGA, were abducted during the attack.
A teacher, Joel Adesiyan, was killed on the day of the attack, while one of the hostages, a Mathematics teacher, Michael Oyedokun, was beheaded in captivity, as shown in a
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