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Protest: Over 1,000 Lagos Teachers Stage Protest Over Oyo School Abductions, Demand Urgent Release of Victims
Over 1000 Lagos Teachers Protest Oyo School Abductions, Demand Immediate Release Of Pupils, Colleagues
The Nigerian Record
6/2/20261 min read
June 3, 2026
More than one thousand teachers on Tuesday took to the streets in Lagos, staging a massive protest at the Lagos State House of Assembly in Alausa, Ikeja, over the abduction of schoolchildren, teachers, and staff in Oyo State.
The protesters, carrying placards and chanting solidarity songs, expressed deep anger over the continued captivity of victims abducted by gunmen in Oriire Local Government Area. They accused both federal and state authorities of failing to adequately secure schools and protect lives and property.
Speaking during the demonstration, one of the protesters said the action was necessary to draw national and international attention to the plight of the abducted victims, many of whom have reportedly been in captivity for weeks.
Several placards at the protest carried strong messages, including: “No nation rises above the safety of its teachers.”
The protest was triggered by armed attacks on schools in the Ahoro-Dada community in Oyo State, where gunmen invaded Community Grammar School, Yawota Baptist Nursery and Primary School, and L.A. Primary School, abducting dozens of pupils and teachers.
Broader Context The demonstration in Lagos follows a recent one-man protest by activist Henry Shield at the United Nations office in Abuja. Shield also submitted formal petitions to the UN, the United States Embassy, and the United Kingdom High Commission, calling for international intervention to secure the release of the abducted victims.
In the petition addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Shield described the situation as a grave human rights violation, noting that the victims are being held under harsh and inhumane conditions, with unconfirmed reports suggesting one teacher may have been killed.
This latest incident has heightened fears over the safety of schools across Nigeria, coming shortly after reports of another abduction of schoolchildren in Mussa Community, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.
Education stakeholders and civil society groups continue to call on the government to take decisive action to curb the rising wave of school-targeted kidnappings in the country.