Don’t politicise our plight, abducted Oyo principal begs govt, Nigerians

An abducted principal of Community High School, Ahoro-Esiele in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mrs Rachael Alamu, on Monday released another video, begging Nigerians not to allow the government to deceive the world that the bandits requested Sharia law to be enshrined in the country for the release of the schoolchildren and their teachers.

PidomNigeria Online reports that over 40 pupils alongside their teachers were kidnapped during a coordinated attack on Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, Community Grammar School and L.A. Primary School, Esiele, in the local government, on Friday, May 15, 2026, around 9:30 a.m.

Alamu, while issuing an emotional distress call from the kidnappers’ hideout, begged Nigerians to circulate the video and beg the government not to play politics with their lives.

She said in the viral video, “Good day, everyone. Please, I have come to make some clarifications. Today makes it the 24th day that we have been in this place. And it seems that some people are making our problems more complicated already. We were shown some print media where it was stated that these people who abducted us requested the release of some people. They requested N1 billion; they requested that Sharia law be enshrined in the country.

“These are not true. They are just trying to create problems for us. We have been here since, and we have not been forced to worship in an Islamic way. We have been left alone. They have not troubled us concerning that. They are not asking for Sharia law; they are not asking for money. The single thing they are looking for is the release of some of their people. I don’t know why they are peddling this rumour to make it complicated for us.

“Please, we are begging you, please, don’t play politics with our lives. Nigerians, please help us to circulate this, let it go viral. They are not asking for Sharia law. It’s not true. They are not asking for weapons; they are not asking for money. All they want is the release of some people. And the government should negotiate with them and know what they will release for them.

“I don’t know why they are playing politics with our lives. Please, Nigerians, our lives are in your hands. Please, help us make it go viral. Don’t let the government deceive the whole world. They are not asking for Sharia law, they are not asking for money, they are not asking for weapons. All they want is the release of some of their people. Please, let everybody know about it.”