Oyo Abduction: Senate blasts Makinde for demanding UN probe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : It urged the Federal Government to ensure the prompt payment of all statutory death benefits, insurance claims, pensions and other welfare entitlements due to the families of the fallen heroes and to continue strengthening the welfare, training, equipment and operational capacity of members of the armed forces and other security agencies; and The Senate also called on all Nigerians to continue supporting the Armed Forces and other security agencies through timely intelligence, cooperation and patriotism.
46% : DAILY POST recalls that Makinde, on Monday in a statewide broadcast a few hours after the Nigerian military officially handed over the rescued pupils and teachers to the state government, called on the United Nations and other international human rights and accountability bodies to examine the circumstances surrounding the abduction.
42% : The Nigerian Senate has lambasted the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, for calling for a United Nations-led probe into the abduction of pupils and teachers from Oriire Local Government Area of the state.

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