*Oyebanji visits rescued Ekiti School pupils, teachers in hospital

“We shall get the assailants and deal with them”. he assures

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji on Sunday visited the rescued pupils and teachers of Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School, Emure -Ekiti, at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado- Ekiti, where they were receiving treatment.

The students and their teachers were brought to the hospital from Emure Ekiti by the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani and some ministry officials, following the Governor’s directive shortly after their release.


Governor Oyebanji who arrived the hospital a few hours later, had brief interaction with each of the students and their teachers at the Accident and Emergency Ward of the hospital.

The Governor was received by the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Filani; Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Prof Kayode Olabanji: and a member of the House of Assembly representing Emure Constituency, Alhaja Mariam Ogunlade and some government officials.

While congratulating the students and their teachers for regaining freedom from the abductors, the Governor assured that the perpetrators of the crime would be fished out and punished accordingly.

He urged the medical team at the hospital not to be in a hurry to discharge the students, stressing the need for them to be properly managed, given the trauma they went through.

Speaking with journalists shortly after the visit, the Governor praised the resilience of the children and expressed gratitude to God for their safe return.

He expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his intervention in the matter. He also thanked heads of security agencies in the country for their swift response to the development.

He assured the people of the state that his administration will not rest on its oars in ensuring that criminal elements are flushed out of the state.

The Governor said he remained committed to the security of lives and property of citizens of the state and would continue to collaborate with relevant security agencies and the traditional institution in the war against criminals.

“ We thank God for their safe return. I am excited and I give glory to God. I also thank President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his swift response and for giving specific directives. His intervention made the difference and I am thankful to him on behalf of Ekiti people. I am also thankful to the security chiefs for their support. They all put resources together and mobilized men and materials to ensure we rescue the children. All I can say is that we shall go after the criminals and we shall get them”. He added.

Expressing his condolences over the death of the bus driver of the abducted pupils, Mr Taiwo Olugbaye who was reportedly killed by the kidnappers, the Governor said government will not leave any stone unturned in the bid to apprehend the criminals as well as those involved in the killing of our two traditional rulers.

“It is very sad. My condolences to the family. I have directed the Deputy Governor to pay a visit to the family and to the Elemure to commiserate with them. But what I can assure Ekiti people is that we will go after the criminals."

The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Filani who also confirmed that the the pupils and their teachers were in stable condition, said they were being attended to by a multidisciplinary team of medical personnel.

South west need to reorganize amotekun n other security agencies to track n prevent future kidnapping.

Dey suppose to fly them abroad

but I'm not too sure police recused dem!

I am so happy they returned from the kidnappers’ den alive. Just imagine the trauma the poor children will be facing now due to the inability of the government to secure the lives of its citizens. Government and security operatives should stop taking credit for rescue missions after ransoms have been paid. This useless government should take responsibility.

First of all thank God for their lives...

Amotekun must be armed to teeth.

He's been much empathetic to their situation and responded well. Happy to see a governor who displays a decent level of care.

Hmmmmmm!

They need proper care

To look good, fresh, tushed and robust is now dangerous in Nigeria today, because if kidnapper were to select at random from an 18-seater bus, it's the fresh and robust passengers they will kidnap with d hope that they r all well to do.

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Money has exchanged hands

Thank God for their safe return.

Hope no ransom was paid by the government?

Good news atleast.

Congratulations to the family of those children and their teachers

Employ, train and adequately equip more Amotekun officers, same with Ondo, Osun, Oyo state government, and place them strategically on all inter and intra state boundaries in the Southwest and Kogi/Kwara boundaries just like we see on Benin Ore road. Let them be there 24 hrs daily with shifts to allow for rest and personal engagements by the Amotekun officers.

This should be seen as a MUST do else situations like this will keep repeating itself.

If you all sit down and do nothing, kidnappers will strike again.

muyico:
but I'm not too sure police recused dem!

They paid ransom and e be like tinubu follow pay

So just like that kidnapping is becoming a norm in Nigeria 😢


P for Python

occfx:


They paid ransom and e be like tinubu follow pay

Yeah! What's the noise on ransom or not? As long as the victims have been rescued.

If the government doesn’t hunt them down, they will do it again

tobtap:
South west need to reorganize amotekun n other security agencies to track n prevent future kidnapping.

Southwest will really miss Akeredolu, the dogged fighter. He would have summoned the southwest governors on new strategies to confront these monsters. RIP Aketi.

How many kidnappers have they arrested?

muyico:
but I'm not too sure police recused dem!

they will soon come out to say no ransom was paid

Desusi:

Yeah! What's the noise on ransom or not? As long as the victims have been rescued.

We are discussing something else... The idiots were not caught, that's the issue and poses another threat to other school children. Do you understand now?

LaziestYouth:
Money has exchanged hands

Of course. It was a kidnapping duh.

Don’t forget to compensate the family of the late driver. A family breadwinner is gone…

The solution to the menace of the fulanis in the southwest is shooting them at the first sight and questions asked later. I'm talking about those ones wandering the bush without any feasible explanations apart from the pastoral ones doing legitimate cattle rearing. I have a video in which about 20 of them have been kpai by the amotekun guys.