President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has condemned the killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State and called for immediate action for the rescue of kidnapped pupils.
Gunmen had abducted about six pupils, three teachers of a private school and their bus driver while they were returning from Eporo-Ekiti on Monday night.
The abduction of schoolchildren and teachers happened about 24 hours after two monarchs, the Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola and the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola, were killed by armed men while returning from a meeting.
Meanwhile, the president, in a statement by presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale, assured Nigerians that the nation’s security architecture is being robustly fortified for better and expected outcomes.
“President Tinubu condemns this mindless and brutal bloodletting and pledges that the perpetrators will not escape justice,” the statement reads.
Tinubu, who mourned the two traditional rulers of Ekiti State, expressed his condolences to their families and subjects, Governor Biodun Oyebanji, and the people of Ekiti State on what he described as a “deeply agonising development.”
Similarly, he directs the immediate rescue of students and teachers kidnapped in the Eporo-Ekiti area of the state.
Tinubu, reacting to the recent kidnapping, assured citizens that the nation’s security architecture was being robustly fortified for better and expected outcomes as the security of life and property remained the primary responsibility of his government.
