Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. Photo: Oyo State House
The Nigerian Bar Association, Ibadan branch, on Monday, charged the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to take a keen interest in the ceaseless influx of people into the state amid the recent abduction of teachers and students in Oriire Local Government Area of the state, penultimate Friday.
NBA, in a statement released by its Chairman, Ibrahim Lawal, in Ibadan, the state capital, also urged the State Government to regulate the operations of commercial motorcyclists for a stipulated period to ascertain the operators’ identities.
The association further called on both the Federal and State Governments to put more effort into rescuing abducted teachers and students at three different schools in the local government.
The PUNCH reports that scores of teachers and students were abducted during coordinated attacks on Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, Community Grammar School and L.A. Primary School, Esiele, in Oriire Local Government Area of the state, penultimate Friday, around 9:30 a.m.
