BREAKING: Oyo Assembly Rejects Negotiation With Bandits; Gunmen Abduct Students In Zamfara

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School abduction: Oyo Assembly Rejects Negotiation With Bandits 

The Oyo State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, rejected suggestions and calls that the state government should negotiate with the bandits who abducted teachers and students during the coordinated attack at Ahoro-Esiele in Oriire Local Government Area of the state on Friday, May 15, 2026.

It, however, called for intensified rescue operations to secure the release of victims abducted during the attack.

This resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by the lawmaker representing Oriire State Constituency, Johnson Ogundele, during plenary, shortly after the House resumed from the Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah) recess.

The motion highlighted growing insecurity in parts of the Oriire Local Government Area of the state.

Presenting the motion, Ogundele recounted the May 15 attack on Ahoro-Esienle, Oyo and Yawota communities, where bandits invaded during school hours, killing a teacher, a student and an okada rider, while abducting dozens of students, pupils and teachers.

The lawmaker expressed concern over the recurring attacks in the area, saying “Oriire had witnessed increasing bandit activities since January, including the attack on the National Park Service office at Oloka village, where five forest guards were killed.

“Let me use this period to call on Governor Seyi Makinde for his swift response, deployment of security operatives, rescue efforts and personal visit to the affected communities.

Again, Gunmen Abduct Students In Zamfara 

Gunmen abducted seven students of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, in the early hours of Wednesday, Daily Trust gathered.

The students were reportedly kidnapped from their off-campus residence on the outskirts of the Low-Cost area of Kaura Namoda.

Residents said seven students were initially taken, but one escaped, leaving three male and three female students in captivity.

Hours after the Zamfara incident, the sister of former Minister of Power and an aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) race for the governorship of Oyo State, Bayo Adelabu, was abducted. The sister, Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, and her twin children were abducted by armed men in Ibadan, the state capital.

The victims were said to have been kidnapped at about 7:30 am while she was taking her children to school.

The incidents happened amid growing concerns over the rising wave of kidnappings across the country.

On Tuesday, teachers staged nationwide protests over the abduction of more than 80 students and teachers in Oyo and Borno states, while the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) called on the federal government to declare a state of emergency on insecurity.

The Zamfara State Police Command confirmed the abduction of the students, saying security operatives had launched a rescue operation.

Police spokesperson, DSP Yazid Abubakar, said the students were kidnapped from their residence and assured that efforts were ongoing to rescue them.

Police launch manhunt as gunmen abduct Adelabu’s sister, nephews 

The Oyo State Police Command has launched an investigation into the abduction of the younger sister of former Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, Mrs Busayo John-Paul, and her twin sons, Peter and Paul.

Busayo, 43, and her 12-year-old sons were abducted by gunmen around 7:30 am on Wednesday while she was taking the children to school on Ring Road, Ibadan.

Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade , said the command had deployed tactical teams and other resources to secure the victims’ release and arrest the perpetrators.

He said, “Following the report of the incident, the Commissioner of Police immediately directed the Divisional Police Officer, Challenge Division, alongside other tactical teams, to proceed to the scene where the victim’s vehicle was recovered and commence intensive investigations.

“The command wishes to assure members of the public that all necessary resources have been deployed to ensure the safe rescue of the victims and the apprehension of those responsible for this criminal act.”

The police also appealed to residents to provide useful information that could assist ongoing investigations.

Earlier, one of Adelabu’s media aides, Femi Awogboro, confirmed the abduction in a statement.

“The family of Adebayo Adelabu, former Minister of Power and leading governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, wishes to formally confirm the unfortunate kidnapping of his younger sister, Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, alongside her twin sons, Peter and Paul,” the statement read.

INEC data leak: I felt insecure – Emeka Ike initiates legal proceedings against Wike’s aide 

Nollywood actor, -Emeka Ike, has said that he felt so insecure for the first time in his life when his data at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was exposed.

Speaking on News Central Television, the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, House of Representatives aspirant said the FCT data leak was an abuse of power.

He confirmed that he has initiated legal proceedings against Lere Olayinka, the media aide to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.

“I felt insecure. For the first time, I’m feeling like, ‘Is anybody saving this country anymore?’

“It was shocking. It was so disturbing that I felt unsafe. Like that kind of feeling, that’s what it was like to me, like it’s an abuse of power.

“This is the extreme to radicalism. Political radicalism is basically telling Nigerians that ‘we are in charge’.

“Obviously, I will go to court, and my lawyer has already already written to Lere and INEC. He has also written my party, the DSS and the police so that it can be on record that stuff like this has happened in Nigeria,” he said.