Oyo kidnapping: Sowore vows to lead protest at Aso Rock

Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has warned that he will “Occupy Aso Rock” if the schoolchildren abducted in Oyo State are not rescued.

The presidential candidate for the African Action Congress (AAC) made the statement in a post on X on Sunday.

Sowore said that President Bola Tinubu and the country’s security chiefs must act quickly to secure the release of the captives.

“If Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his service chiefs fail to track down and secure the release of the abducted Oyo schoolchildren and other kidnapped people, we will have no choice but to occupy Aso Rock Villa this week!” he wrote.

Daily Post reports that the victims were taken on May 15 after gunmen attacked schoolchildren in Oriire LGA of Oyo State.

The attackers abducted no fewer than 45 schoolchildren and teachers and killed an assistant head teacher as well as a commercial motorcyclist.