- Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has approved a 24-hour extension of the curfew across 10 local government areas, ensuring the emergency security measure remains fully in force until Saturday, June 27, 2026.
- The strict 4:00 PM to 8:00 AM daily restriction is strategically concentrated around the Old Oyo National Park corridor, where joint military and police task forces are currently combing the dense forest terrain to track down bandits and rescue scores of kidnapped schoolchildren.
- The emergency crackdown remains a direct response to a violent multi-school assault in the Oriire axis, which resulted in the brutal murder of a teacher and the mass abduction of numerous pupils and educators who are still being held captive.
The Oyo State Government has officially extended the curfew imposed on 10 local government areas bordering the expansive Old Oyo National Park by an additional 24 hours.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the executive directive, which prolongs the initial 48-hour security emergency, was formally made public through an official state memo signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Musibau Babatunde, and announced by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju.
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Under the newly adjusted timeline, the dusk-to-dawn movement restrictions will remain strictly enforced by joint security forces until Saturday, June 27, 2026.
The critical security zones completely locked down under this emergency decree encompass the vast Oke-Ogun and border administrative hubs.
The specific regions heavily impacted by the movement freeze include Oriire (headquartered at Ikoyi-Ile), Orelope (headquartered at Igboho), Irepo (headquartered at Kisi), Saki West (headquartered at Saki), and Saki East (headquartered at Ago-Amodu).
Other restricted local boundaries actively being monitored by state forces are Atisbo (Tede/Ago-Are), Itesiwaju (Otu), Iseyin (Iseyin), Olorunsogo (Igbeti), and Atiba (Offa-Meta, Oyo).
Residents within these municipal lines are required by law to remain entirely indoors between the hours of 4:00 PM and 8:00 AM daily.
This aggressive, sweeping lockdown serves as the latest tactical operation deployed by state authorities following a horrific and well-coordinated bandit invasion on three separate academic institutions located within the Yawota and Ahoro-Esienle communities of Oriire Local Government Area.
During the raid, heavily armed criminal syndicates breached the premises of the Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Community Grammar School, and L.A. Primary School.
The assailants shot and killed a teacher on-site, subsequently marching dozens of defenseless schoolchildren and educators into the deep, porous forest reserves of the national park.
The crisis escalated further into nationwide outrage following grim security updates confirming that another captive teacher was brutally beheaded while in the custody of the terrorists.
The vast Old Oyo National Park, which covers roughly 2,500 square kilometers of difficult, densely forested terrain, has increasingly been exploited by armed bandits and kidnapping rings as an operational hideout and a shield against aerial surveillance.
Intelligence reports indicate that security forces have effectively blocked key exit channels out of the forest reserve, trapping the cell responsible for the mass abductions within the Oke-Ogun corridor.
In tandem with these strategic ground maneuvers, the state government explicitly detailed that the indoor restriction is vital to clear civilian traffic from rural roads, allowing tactical military units and police patrol teams to carry out unhindered tracking and rescue maneuvers without risking local collateral damage.
Both the federal administration under President Bola Tinubu and the Oyo State executive council have reiterated their total commitment to returning the captive children and teachers safely to their homes.
Governor Seyi Makinde has repeatedly vowed that the state will utilize every available resource, including collaborating with regional hunters and local vigilante groups, to flush out the armed cells.
Meanwhile, the Oyo State Police Command has strongly cautioned members of the public against spreading unverified social media rumors regarding a successful rescue, stressing that official channels will immediately communicate verified breakthroughs as tactical operations across the national park intensify.
