IGP visits Oyo communities after attack, orders intensified rescue operations

The police chief further directed the deployment of additional tactical and intelligence assets to strengthen ongoing operations within the area and surrounding forests.

In a release by the Force Public Relations Officer, Anthony Placid via the police X handle on Saturday, the police chief also met with Abimbola Ayodeji Olugbenga, Commissioner of Police for the Oyo State Command, alongside other security stakeholders, where he received briefings on ongoing rescue operations and security deployments across affected communities.

The IGP assured residents, parents and guardians that the Nigeria Police Force, in collaboration with other security agencies, had intensified coordinated search-and-rescue efforts, intelligence gathering and tactical deployments aimed at securing the release of abducted victims and apprehending those responsible.