The Governor of Ekiti state, Biodun Oyebanji has advised Residents of Ekiti state to always report suspicious movements in their domain to law enforcement agencies.
The Governor said this while reacting to the release of the kidnapped Ekiti school children.
Recall that Nine persons including five children and four staff members were kidnapped in Emure Ekiti.
The children and their teachers were released in the wee hours on Sunday, February 4th, and brought to the Elemure palace around 4am.
However, the driver of the school bus was reported killed in the custody of the kidnappers.
Noting the traumatic experience of the children in the kidnappers’ den, Governor Oyebanji has directed the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani to take the children to the state Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti for proper medical treatment and post trauma therapy.
The Governor, who kept vigil with Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele till 3.00am to ensure the release of the children, acknowledges the solidarity shown by his colleagues governors, former governors of the state as well as religious leaders and traditional rulers.
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He also thanks members of the Ekiti State Caucus in the National Assembly and members of the state House of Assembly for their support.
Governor Oyebanji also restates the determination of his administration to stamp out crime and criminality from the state by making the environment unbearable for criminals operating under whatever guise.
Similarly, the Governor says killers of the two Ekiti obas would be fished out and made to face the maximum weight of the law.
He urges the people of the state to remain vigilant and report any suspicious movement in their communities to the authority.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
