Tinubu Sends Ribadu, IGP, Gbajabiamila, and Ministers to Oyo Villages Amid Abduction Concerns

A presidential delegation is en route to Esiele and Yawota villages in Orire and Ogbomosho local government areas of Oyo State, following the abduction of 46 pupils and teachers from schools in the state.

The delegation is headed by Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and Inspector General of Police, Tunde Disu.

Other members include Defence Minister General Christopher Musa, Power Minister Joseph Tegbe, and Special Adviser on Public Communications, Sunday Dare.

Dare announced the visit in a post on X on Sunday.

“A powerful Presidential Delegation just arrived in Ogbomoso en route to the villages of Esiele and Yawota where armed men simultaneously raided Baptist Nursery and Primary schools, seizing about 46 pupils and teachers,” Dare wrote.

“The area falls within the Orire local government, Ogbomosho axis of Oyo State.”

“President Tinubu has set in motion a series of coordinated efforts to free the victims and arrest the kidnappers.”