NGF congratulates Tinubu, families of rescued Oyo schoolchildren, teachers

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, has commended the successful rescue of all the schoolchildren and teachers abducted in Oriire community, Oyo State.

In a statement issued by the Chairman of the Forum, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, on Friday night, the body congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the successful rescue, following months of high-level coordination, intelligence gathering and disciplined execution.

The forum also rejoiced with the families of the victims, who have now reunited with their children and loved ones.

It commended the Oyo State Government for its collaboration with the Federal Government, which resulted in the successful rescue operation.

“We are especially proud of the commitment and professionalism of our security forces throughout the operation.

“We are confident that this impressive multi-agency collaboration will yield more successes as the security forces do more to neutralise all threats and rescue our citizens who are still trapped in the den of kidnappers,” the statement said.

“While we sincerely share in the grief of families and communities impacted by kidnapping and related incidents, we appeal to citizens to continue to support the government’s efforts to protect lives and property in every part of the country, including by providing timely and actionable intelligence to security agencies.”