The presidency says it is wrong to compare the abduction incident of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu’s sister and her kids to that of the Oyo schoolchildren and teachers.
Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, in a post on x noted that one is an urban gang of kidnappers who engage in copycat crime to make money and hide victims inside a flat within the community while the other is a band of terrorists operating deep inside the bush.
He made the comment following backlash from netizens who compared the speed with which a rescue operation of the former minister’s family was carried out compared to the abducted oyo school children still in captivity.
On Friday, May 15, gunmen attacked three schools in Orire local government in Oyo State and kidnapped over 40 school children, including toddlers and seven teachers.
Ajayi stressed that both incidents are different, driven by different motivations and agendas.
recall that the ex-minister’s sister and her kids were rescued late yesterday by the Nigeria police from a kidnapper’s den.
They were abducted around 7:30 a.m. on June 3, 2026, while on their way to drop the children at school.
