By Adamu Aliyu
ABUJA — The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has condemned the abduction of pupils and the killing of a teacher at a government secondary school in Oyo State, calling on federal and state authorities to launch immediate rescue operations and overhaul the country’s security architecture.
PFN National President Bishop Francis Wale Oke, in a statement, described the beheading of Michael Oyedokun, a teacher at Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area, as a national disgrace and demanded justice rather than condolences from the government.
“Each new incident is an indictment on the federal government and exposes the failure of those assurances. No child should be forced to live in fear,” Oke said.
The PFN president said the organisation watched with horror a video released by the attackers showing Oyedokun bound and killed, describing the act as an assault on the teaching profession and an attack on the nation’s future. He extended condolences to the teacher’s family and the Oriire community.
Oke warned that years of unchecked banditry and kidnapping had allowed the violence to spread southward, saying the brutality once largely confined to
northern Nigeria had now crossed the Niger.
“When armed gangs storm rural schools, kill those who resist, and carry away pupils and educators with impunity, the social contract between the State and the citizen is shattered,” he said.
The PFN called for the immediate deployment of all available intelligence, personnel and technology to rescue the abducted pupils and staff, and demanded the arrest and prosecution of those responsible, including financiers and planners of the attack.
The group also urged the government to convene an emergency National Security Council session bringing together governors, security chiefs and civil society groups to overhaul Nigeria’s approach to protecting schools and rural communities, and to provide counselling and educational support for those affected.
“The blood of Michael Oyedokun is a stain on our national conscience,” Oke said.
“Let his death not be in vain. Let it be the catalyst for decisive action that Nigeria has delayed too long in taking.”
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