June 1, 2026

President Bola Tinubu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed sympathy with the families of teachers and pupils abducted in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, saying no child should be taken from the safety of a classroom and no parent should have to endure such anguish.

“I share the pain and anxiety of the affected families. No child should be taken from the safety of a classroom. No parent should have to endure this anguish,” the president said in a statement posted on his official X account on Monday.

Tinubu said the federal government was intensifying efforts to secure the safe return of the abducted victims.