Abduction: Group Rejects Alleged Backdoor Plan To Suspend Ongoing Teachers’ Strike

The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) has rejected what it described as a “backdoor plan” to suspend the ongoing teachers’ strike in Oyo State, which was triggered by the abduction of pupils and teachers in Orire Local Government Area.
The group said it stands in full solidarity with striking public school teachers, who embarked on an indefinite strike following the incident, and warned against any attempt to weaken the industrial action without resolving the underlying security concerns.
In a statement issued in Ibadan on Monday, the State Coordinator of CDWR, Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye, said the group sympathises with the education community over the killing of one t...