Senate asks Makinde to withdraw call for UN probe of Ogbomoso school abduction

The Nigerian Senate has blasted the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, for calling for a United Nations-led probe into the abduction of pupils and teachers from Oriire Local Government Area of the state.

Speaking at the plenary on Tuesday, July 14, the Senate asked the governor to stop trivialising a very serious and traumatic matter.

Recall that Gov Makinde, in a statewide broadcast on Monday, July 13, called on the United Nations and other international human rights and accountability bodies to investigate the circumstances surrounding the abduction.

Speaking during Senate plenary today, Senator Adams Oshiomole described Governor Makinde’s demand for UN investigation as “not statesmanly and politics taken too far”.

The former Edo governor urged the Senate to call on Makinde to desist from “trivialising” the rescue operation by seeking an international investigation into the circumstances surrounding the abduction and rescue.

Thereafter, the Senators unanimously voted to condemn Gov Makinde’s call.