The state lawmakers insisted that only a transparent probe could uncover the full circumstances surrounding the attack and help prevent similar incidents across Nigeria.
The Oyo State House of Assembly has thrown its weight behind Governor Seyi Makinde's demand for an independent international investigation by the United Nations (UN) into the abduction of schoolchildren and their teachers in the Oriire Local Government Area.
The state lawmakers insisted that only a transparent probe could uncover the full circumstances surrounding the attack and help prevent similar incidents across Nigeria.
The lawmakers maintained that the governor's request for a UN-backed investigation should not be viewed as an attack on the Nigerian government or the country's security agencies but as a necessary step towards strengthening Nigeria's response to terrorism and the growing wave of mass kidnappings targeting schools.
In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Office of the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, in Ibadan, the State Assembly also celebrated the rescue of the abducted pupils and teachers while extending condolences to the families of the military personnel and teachers who lost their lives.
