CHILDREN IN CAPTIVITY ON CHILDREN'S DAY🌎ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
CHILDREN’S DAY IN CAPTIVITY: THE SHAME OF A NATION THAT CANNOT PROTECT ITS YOUNGEST CITIZENS While children across Nigeria marched in colourful uniforms, danced in school fields and recited poems about hope and the future on Wednesday, dozens of schoolchildren in Oyo State spent Children’s Day in captivity – frightened, traumatised and uncertain if they will ever return home alive. That painful contradiction should disturb the conscience of every Nigerian. Nearly two weeks after gunmen invaded schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State on May 15, dozens of pupils and teachers remain in the hands of kidnappers. Reports indicate that the attackers stormed three schools, including Baptist Nursery and Primary School, abducting pupils – some of them toddlers, alongside their teachers. In the horror that followed, one teacher, Michael Oyedokun, was reportedly beheaded in captivity, sending shockwaves across the country. Children’s Day is mea...