June 6, 2026
By Luminous Jannamike
Recently in Esiele, an elderly woman stopped briefly outside a school gate and stared into the compound beyond. The classrooms were open. The blackboards were still hanging where they had always hung.
A football lay abandoned near a patch of grass. But there were no children running through the grounds. No teachers calling pupils to order. No morning assembly. Just silence.
In communities across Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, silence has become a painful reminder of a tragedy that refuses to end.
