Ekiti launches search for school kids, teachers, bus driver kidnapped by bandits…Tinubu calls for their immediate release

Ekiti State governor Biodiun Oyebanji said security agents are after the bandits who kidnapped Six schoolchildren, three teachers and a bus driver in Emure Ekiti, Ekiti State.
The incident occurred at about 5.00pm Monday, when the school bus was transporting the kids and their teachers. The kidnapping happened at the same spot the bandits seized three traditional rulers between Oke-Ako and Ipao Ekiti, in Ajoni Local Government Area.
Governor Oyebanji said all efforts are being made to rescue the pupils and teachers unhurt. He described the kidnapping of the pupils as callous and unacceptable.
“Security is being stepped up across the state with a view to flushing out criminal elements from their hideouts,” Mr Oyebanji said.
Meanwhile President Bola Tinubu has called for the immediate release of the school kids and their teachers. He also condemned the killings of two traditional rulers by gunmen suspected herdsmen.
The Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola were murdered in coldblood Monday between Oke-Ako and Ipao-Ekiti in Ajoni Local Government Area.
“It is with grief that President Bola Tinubu receives the news of the killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State, the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola,” said a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential adviser on media and publicity.
“President Tinubu condemns this mindless and brutal bloodletting and pledges that the perpetrators will not escape justice.
“The President condoles with the families and subjects of the traditional rulers, Governor Biodun Oyebanji, and the people of Ekiti State on this deeply agonizing development.
“In the same vein, the President directs the immediate rescue of pupils and teachers kidnapped around Eporo-Ekiti area of the state.
“As security of life and property is the primary responsibility of government, President Tinubu assures Nigerians that the nation’s security architecture is being robustly fortified for better and expected outcomes.”