Oyo: Family of beheaded teacher writes Tinubu, demands recovery of body

By Gabriel Ewepu

THE family of the kidnapped and beheaded teacher, late Mr. Oyedokun Michael Olugbade, of Community High School, Ohoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Monday, wrote a letter to President Bola Tinubu demanding the recovering of their son for proper burial.

The family made the demand through their lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, who wrote and signed on behalf of the diseased family.

The letter dated May 25,2026 with subject: ‘Request for the urgent intervention in the tragic kidnapping, brutal murder and beheading of the late Mr. Oyedokun Michael Olugbade, One of the Abducted Teachers of Community High School, Ohoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State’, reads in part, “We write to formally bring to the attention of His Excellency the tragic kidnapping, brutal murder and beheading of the late Mr. Oyedokun Michael Olugbade One of the Abducted Teachers of Community High School, Ohoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, by suspected terrorists on the 15 th day of May 2026.

“It is our clients’ information that late Mr. Oyedokun Michael Olugbade was a peaceful and diligent teacher at Community High School, Ohoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, whose life was cruelly and violently cut short under heartbreaking and inhuman circumstances. He is also survived by his wife and two sons, who have been left traumatized by the gruesome manner of his death.

“Despite widespread national regarding the death of the late Mr. Oyedokun Michael Olugbade, his remains are yet to be seen or recovered. In this distressing circumstances, we respectfully appeal for Your Excellency’s urgent intervention to direct the relevant security and intelligence agencies towards locating and recovering his body, so that his family maybe afforded the solemn opportunity to conduct a dignified burial and rescue other victims still in captivity.”

The letter also urged the President to treat their request with utmost urgency, which their late brother deserves, because he was in active service before the ugly incidence occurred, and also bring those behind the heinous crime to justice.

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