Oyo Assembly Rejects Negotiation With Bandits As Igboho Threatens To Name Politicians Behind Abductions

Oyo State House of Assembly has rejected suggestions and calls on the state government to negotiate with the bandits who abducted teachers and students during the coordinated attacks on Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire local government area on Friday, May 15, 2026.

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

This came on the heels of threats by Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho to release the names of politicians behind the abduction of teachers and students in the Oriire council.

Igboho made the threat while speaking to the new executive members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) led by Akinteye Bàbàtunde at his residence in Soka area of Ibadan on Wednesday.

In the now-trending video, Igboho asserted that he had personally volunteered to dislodge the bandits but was met with defiance by the state government.

The Assembly’s 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-Esinele, 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.

“I want to equally urge the state government to intensify support for security agencies and establish a permanent military base within and around vulnerable communities and forest corridors in the area,” he said

The Assembly also called on the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to immediately conduct security audits of schools located near forests and border settlements across the state.

The Assembly urged the government to expedite the installation of solar-powered security lights, perimeter fencing and CCTV cameras in vulnerable schools and to develop a comprehensive Safe School Emergency Response Protocol for public and private schools across Oyo.

The lawmakers equally rejected suggestions and calls that the state government should negotiate with the bandits who abducted teachers and students during the coordinated attack at the community in Oriire Local Government Area of the state.

Seconding the motion, the Majority Leader, Sanjo Adedoyin (Ogbomoso South), renewed calls for the establishment of state police, urging the federal government to remove all obstacles delaying its creation.

Adedoyin said the recent rescue operations exposed the challenges conventional security agencies face while navigating dense forests, forcing them to rely heavily on local vigilantes and operatives of the state Western Nigeria Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, to penetrate difficult terrains.

He argued that the security realities confronting states had further justified the need for state police and urged the Federal Government to expedite action on the initiative.