The Presidency has blasted Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde over his call for a United Nations-led probe into the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of the state. The Special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, recently had his say while speaking to the press.
Describing the demand as unnecessary and politically motivated, Bayo said that the federal government has no objection to an international investigation if Makinde believes there are unresolved issues.
He, however, concluded by questioning the rationale behind the governor’s demand, stressing that no security agency would deliberately allow schoolchildren to remain in captivity for 56 days.
His words, “The governor has just expressed his opinion that the UN should probe this incident.
Our doors are open. Let the UN come if he thinks there is more to it than what our military has explained.
Look at those kids. Some of them are just about four or six years old. Will anyone want to deliberately subject them to the trauma they went through for 56 days?
It is just unfortunate that Mr Makinde, maybe because of politics, because he is a presidential candidate now, doesn’t have any trust in our own institutions and is now calling on an external body to come and investigate.
The man is just playing politics, and it is the politics of the bizarre. He wants to weaponise anything available, including dredging up a strange conspiracy theory.”
