Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Chairman of the UN Fifth Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Matters, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, has urged Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to demonstrate compassion by apologising to the abducted schoolchildren and their teachers over what he described as the government’s failure to provide adequate security in Oyo State.
Ibrahim, while congratulating Nigerians on the safe release of the kidnapped pupils, stressed that the governor should prioritise the welfare of the victims and their families rather than seek international intervention.
He was reacting to Makinde’s reported call for the United Nations to investigate the abduction of schoolchildren in Oyo State.
According to Ibrahim, “The United Nations does not interfere in the internal affairs of its member states. It is not an institution established to investigate domestic security incidents. Security within a country’s territory remains the primary responsibility of the government at all levels.”
The former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs in a statement from his media office in New York, called on Governor Makinde to offer a public apology to the affected children and their teachers, saying such a gesture would demonstrate empathy and responsible leadership.
