- The Egbe Omo Yoruba North America has condemned South-West governors and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde for failing to aggressively confront the worsening security lapses across the region.
- Diaspora leadership noted that the regional security outfit, Amotekun, has been heavily compromised and reduced to a political gimmick due to a severe lack of operational equipment and protective tactical gadgets.
- The organization renewed its call for immediate constitutional changes to establish state police, asserting that the current federal security framework is completely failing to safeguard vulnerable rural communities.
The Egbe Omo Yoruba North America has sharply rebuked political leadership in the South-West following the mass abduction of schoolchildren and educators within the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Eko Hot Blog reports that in a communiqué released on Thursday after an emergency session of its National Executive Council, the diaspora group described the mass raid as a clear indicator of collapsing security structures in a territory historically celebrated for educational progress, economic stability, and peaceful commerce.
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The official document, signed by National President Ayodeji Famuyide, National Secretary Akinrotimi Kuteyi, and Public Relations Secretary Funmilola Iyiola, directly accused regional governors of complacency and state-level neglect regarding their core constitutional responsibility to safeguard human lives.
The group’s intense condemnation stems from a violent raid launched on May 15, 2026, where armed bandits systematically invaded three distinct learning facilities, Community Grammar School, Baptist Nursery and Primary School, and L.A. Primary School, located across the Esiele and Yawota communities.
The well-coordinated attack resulted in the successful abduction of approximately 39 elementary students and seven schoolteachers, completely traumatizing local families.
The organization stressed that the current vulnerability of educational facilities highlights an immediate need to construct a unified, tightly integrated regional security framework capable of hunting down cross-border kidnapping rings and defensive bandits before they hit soft civilian targets.
A primary target of the diaspora group’s criticism was the structural handling of the Western Nigeria Security Network, popularly known as Amotekun.
The communiqué asserted that establishing a regional paramilitary force without deploying advanced surveillance technology, operational security vehicles, and critical protective gear is equivalent to sacrificing citizens for mere political mileage.
Beyond urging Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration to deploy all available state machinery to achieve the immediate, unconditional rescue of the hostages, the body called upon traditional rulers and community elders to strictly hold elected officials accountable.
Furthermore, the association chided the Federal Government for its indifferent approach to escalating security threats across the South-West, warning that a failure to protect children signals a society teetering on the edge of moral and political bankruptcy.
