FILE: Their deaths demand action, Oyo teachers protest school abductions
Members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Enugu State Chapter, on Tuesday stormed the Enugu State Government House in a solidarity protest to demand the immediate and unconditional release of schoolchildren and teachers recently abducted by bandits in Oyo State.
The protesting teachers, who carried placards with various inscriptions, such as “An attack on teachers is an attack on Education,” expressed grave concern over the rising wave of insecurity in educational institutions across the country.
Speaking on behalf of the demonstrators, the Enugu State Chairman of the NUT, Comrade Theophilus Odo, lamented that schools were fast becoming high-risk environments for both educators and students.
Odo stated that the protest was in compliance with a directive from the national headquarters of the union in Abuja, aimed at compelling the government at all levels to secure learning institutions.
