File: Oriire students and teachers rescued.
By Luminous Jannamike
The successful rescue of 44 pupils and teachers abducted in Oriire, Oyo State, points to improving coordination among Nigeria’s security agencies, the Coalition of Civil Rights Groups on Security Sector Reforms (CCRGSR) said on Monday.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, the coalition said the operation, completed around July 10 after the victims were abducted in May, demonstrated how closer collaboration among the military, police and intelligence agencies was yielding better results against violent crime.
Its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Agabi, credited the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, with coordinating the operation and also commended the Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police Force and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what it described as stronger cooperation across the country’s security agencies.
