A group of concerned citizens have petitioned the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rasidi Ladoja, and others to guarantee the safe return of their children who were abducted while en route to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Meeting with the traditional ruler at his Ibadan palace on Saturday, the parents made the appeal.
About 19 people who were planning to join the National Youth Service were abducted in the early hours of Thursday, according to Footynaija
Following Wednesday’s incident, the victims reportedly departed from Ibadan on their way to the NYSC camps in the states of Abia and Akwa Ibom.
On Saturday, the parents of the victims encircled Olubadan’s house, pleading with him to meet with the appropriate parties to guarantee their children’s safe release.
According to our source, the Olubadan’s residence was graced by the presence of Abimbola Olugbenga, the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, and Oba Sefiu Adeyeri, the Aseyin of Iseyinland.
This was a chance for the parents to ask the Olubadan, CP, and Aseyin to step in and help.
Immediate assistance from the Olubadan of Ibadanland and the state CP was requested by the parents. The kidnaped recruits’ parents claimed the gunmen had called them on their cell phones.
Alhaja Alimot Akande, one of the parents, pleaded with the Olubadan, the CP, and the Aseyin to save their children by releasing them quickly.
Anything bad may happen to our kids if we don’t comply with their demands, they’re saying. Please, Baba, help us. Our children must not be murdered.