Military Deploys Tucano Fighter Jets Following Mass Abduction of Oyo Students, Teachers

The Nigerian Armed Forces have mobilized Super Tucano fighter jets to the Ibadan airport tarmac as part of an active air-and-ground offensive targeting kidnappers in the state.
Heavily armed bandits simultaneously stormed three educational institutions across Oriire Local Government Area, successfully abducting 25 children and seven teachers while killing one person during the assault.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has demanded an immediate, clinical rescue operation from security forces, cautioning against delays while the country battles a broader out-of-school children crisis.

The military has significantly scaled up its operational assets in the state following a coordinated mass abduction at multiple learning centers.

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Eko Hot Blog reports that on Wednesday, viral digital broadcasts confirmed the arrival of advanced Super Tucano combat aircraft at the Ibadan airport, as the Defence Headquarters verified that ground troops had successfully established tactical contact with the fleeing bandits.

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The high-stakes military deployment aims to track and neutralize the criminal syndicates responsible for invading the Baptist Nursery and Primary School in Yawota, Community Grammar School, and the LEA Primary School in Esiele.

Official breakdown figures released by Governor Seyi Makinde reveal the severe scale of the coordinated school raids.

Executive briefs confirmed that seven students were seized from the local grammar school, while an additional 18 young children and seven academic staff members were dragged into the forest from the First Baptist campus.

The state administration also confirmed that one individual was shot dead by the gunmen during the initial chaos of the breach, marking a violent escalation in regional banditry that has traditionally plagued the country’s northern corridors.

The mass kidnapping has drawn a fierce institutional response from the national legislative leadership in Abuja.

In an official bulletin issued through his media office, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas condemned the targeting of children, framing the school attacks as a national tragedy that actively undermines ongoing federal enrollment initiatives.

While Abbas commended the swift on-the-spot regional assessment conducted by Inspector General of Police Olatunji Disu, he emphasized that law enforcement agencies must utilize maximum precision to ensure the victims are returned safely without drawing prolonged ransom standoffs.

Military Deploys Tucano Fighter Jets Following Mass Abduction of Oyo Students, Teachers

Concurrently, the state government has issued a stern advisory regarding the distribution of unverified security intelligence across social platforms.

The Special Adviser on Security, Abayomi Fagbenro, warned that the spread of false attack rumors, such as fabricated reports claiming a secondary invasion at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, severely hinders ongoing tracking maneuvers by creating resource-wasting false alarms.

Fagbenro urged community residents to maintain rigorous vigilance and report only confirmed suspicious movements, emphasizing that local intelligence sharing remains a critical asset as specialized forces move to close their dragnet around the abductors.