The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government and security agencies to urgently rescue abducted students and teachers from the Baptist Nursery and Primary School (Yawota), Community Grammar School (Esiele), and L.A. Primary School in Oyo State, and ensure they are returned alive.
The House made the resolution on Tuesday during plenary following a motion moved by Hon. Olamijuwonlo Alao-Akala.
“Bring our remaining sons, daughters, and teachers home alive without further delay, for every hour lost is an hour in which we risk losing them forever, and that risk now outweighs every other consideration before us”, he noted.
The lawmakers also referenced earlier incidents in the state, including reports that bandits had beheaded Michael Oyedokun, a teacher abducted from Community High School, Ahoro-Esiele in Oriire Local Government Area.
The House further called for the establishment of a permanent military forward operating base in Oriire Local Government Area, in addition to the 1,000 forest guards already approved by President Bola Tinubu. The aim, lawmakers said, is to ensure a sustained security presence across the Old Oyo National Park and surrounding areas.
They stressed that the move would prevent the area from serving as a safe haven for armed groups or a corridor for violent activity into the South West region.
The lawmakers also renewed calls for the creation of state and local government policing structures to strengthen internal security.
“The House also resolved that the National Assembly and the Executive Arm must, without further excuse or delay, commence full implementation of the adopted resolution on a decentralised and regional security architecture.
“The creation of state police, local government policing units, decentralised courts, and an integrated national intelligence and surveillance network.
“People have waited long enough, and every further postponement is paid for in the blood of innocents, and brings the nation closer to being overrun,” the lawmakers said.
