NUT Protests Abduction Of Teachers, Pupils in Oyo, Borno In Edo













 NUT  Protests Abduction Of Teachers, Pupils in Oyo, Borno In Edo 

    

Iduozee Efe Paul 
 


Wonder they say shall not cease, as members of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Edo State Chapter, on Tuesday trooped out to the streets to protest the abduction of teachers and pupils in Oyo and Borno States.

The teachers, who gathered in large numbers at the Teachers’ House, Ogida Quarters, Benin City, before embarking on the peaceful protest, decried government complacency over the plight of the abducted teachers and pupils who have spent more than two weeks in captivity.




They carried placards with different inscriptions, including: “Teachers’ Lives Matter”, “The Classroom Must Not Become a Battlefield”, “Bring Back Our Teachers in Oyo”, among others.

Speaking, the Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, Edo State Chapter, Comrade Lucky Imaruagheru, faulted the kidnap and beheading



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of a teacher in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State.
He decried the inaction of the government and added that the NUT would no longer stay aloof while their colleagues and pupils suffer in the hands of kidnappers.


He said, “We saw the kidnapping and beheading of a teacher in Oyo State, and the government has kept mute on the plight of these children, and we are not going to stay aloof. We cannot allow ourselves to be used as sacrificial lambs while we give our energy, our time, and our resources to make Nigeria a better country.”

He said, “But our leaders are keeping mute. It is not acceptable to us. We teachers cannot accept that. They should rise up to their responsibilities.”



    

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