The Senate on Tuesday cautioned Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, against calling on foreign human rights organisations to scrutinise the circumstances surrounding the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Orire Local Government Area of the state.
The upper chamber argued that seeking intervention from foreign organisations, particularly the United Nations, on the matter could undermine the federal government’s efforts to tackle insecurity.
The resolution followed the adoption of a motion presented by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, during the plenary on the need to commend President Bola Tinubu, the Armed Forces and other security agencies for their roles in rescuing the abducted school children and teachers.
The victims were rescued last Friday in a coordinated operation involving the military and other security agencies after spending 56 days in captivity.
One of the prayers of the motion was to urge Mr Makinde to refrain from making statements that could be interpreted as diminishing the federal government’s efforts to address insecurity.
