NANS seeks rescue of Ekiti pupils, teachers
• Urges increased security measures for students' safety • Ogun traditional rulers condemn killing of monarchs • Ekiti Council of Obas directs kings to flush out kidnappers from forests • Ondo Amotekun deploys 100 operatives to rescue victims
THE National Association of Nigerian Students ( NANS) has condemned the abduction of six school children and their teachers in Ekiti State and called on the government to ensure their immediate and safe return.
The umbrella body of the Nigerian students also called for increased security measures in schools and surrounding communities to prevent future occurrences.
NANS National President, Lucky Emonefe, in a statement, yesterday, cautioned that if left unchecked, the surge in kidnapping across the country could increase the over 20 million out- ofschool children in Nigeria. ELATEDLY, Ogun State Council of Traditional
Rulers also expressed its sadness over the reported killing of two monarchs in Ekiti State.
Akarigbo of Remoland and Chairman of the Council, Oba Adewale Babatunde Ajayi, who spoke on behalf of the traditional rulers, through his Spokesman, Baamofin of Remoland, Bayo Onafuwa, said: “On behalf of all the Obas in Ogun State, Akarigbo wishes to commiserate with the families of the departed. It is, however, a sad commentary on the state of insecurity in the country.
“Kabiyesi urges the government to do its best by protecting the lives of its citi
Azens.” LSO, the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers, yesterday, directed all monarchs in the state to immediately flush out bandits and kidnappers from Ekiti forests.
This was part of the communique issued at the end of an emergency meeting with the governor on the state of insecurity in the state, yesterday. The royal fathers, in the communiqué signed by Olojudo of Ido- Ekiti and Chairman, Ekiti Council of Traditional Rulers, Oba Ayorinde Ilori Faboro, demanded that the state government should empower the traditional
Mrulers with adequate resources to police and secure their domains.
The monarchs, while calling on government at all levels to apprehend the perpetrators and made them to face the wrath of the law in no distant time, urged the Federal Government to deploy more security personnel to Ekiti State. EANWHILE, no fewer than 100 operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps, were yesterday deployed to Ekiti State to rescue the pupils that were kidnapped in Emure- Ekiti.