Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has set up a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the abduction of pupils and teachers from Esinele and Yawota communities in Oriire Local Government Area in May this year.
The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Governor Makinde has publicly expressed uncertainties about the circumstances of the abduction, and, at a time, read political undertone into the incident.
Hours after the victims were freed on 10 July, Mr Mkinde said the abduction of pupils and teachers occurred just hours after he declared his intention to contest for president in 2027.
Mr Makinde, who is contesting the presidential election on the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement, will complete his second and final term as governor in May 2027.
