Oriire Abduction: What Does Seyi Makinde Know? By Alaba Abdulrazak
The recent safe return of thirty-nine pupils and five teachers to Oyo State, after a harrowing fifty-six days in the perilous depths of the Old Oyo National Park, ought to have been a moment of unadulterated national thanksgiving. For the families in Oriire Local Government Area, who endured nearly two months of psychological torment, the sight of their children returning alive is nothing short of a miracle.
Yet, the atmosphere in Ibadan during Governor Seyi Makinde’s broadcast was far from celebratory.It was tense, laden with a heavy layer of geopolitical suspicion, and underscored by an unprecedented executive demand.
By calling on the United Nations and global human rights apparatuses to launch an independent probe into the May 15 simultaneous assault, Governor Makinde has shatte...
