14/06/2026
๐๐ต'๐ด ๐๐บ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ: ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐บ, ๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ
๐ข๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ช๐, 14๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐๐พ๐ท๐ฎ, 2026
Today marks my birthday, and I choose to observe it in reflection rather than celebration. On May 15, 2026, pupils and teachers were abducted from Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, Community Grammar School, and L.A Primary School, Esiele in Oriire LGA, Oyo State. Twenty-seven days later, they remain in captivity.
The weight of their situation makes personal celebration inappropriate at this time.
I join my voice with countless others in praying for the safe and swift return of these children and their teachers to their families.
May God shield them from harm, strengthen their hearts, and reunite them with their loved ones unharmed and whole.
Their safe return is the only gift worth celebrating right now.
๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ (๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต)
Executive Director, LiRA Foundation