Children’s Day is celebrated on 27 May in Nigeria. It was established as a holiday in 1964. It is a public holiday for Primary and Secondary school children. Due to the large size of the country, only a few groups of children (schools or other organizations) are selected to march past in a parade. The children are usually given treats such as an outing or doing jobs that adults would normally do. In some situations, primary and secondary school children compete in military parades format for a prize which will be given at the end of the competition. Religious groups in Nigeria also celebrate children’s day in grand style. Many private and public organizations usually put together children’s party for privileged and less privileged children in a bid to give them a sense of belonging. It is also a day media organizations analyze the plight of children in the society and efforts government and non-government agencies make to better a lot of children.
That Nigerian government announced and celebrated Children’s Day this year 2026 is an open statement on the apathetic and overt unfeeling response of the government to the plight of the child in Nigeria. How can anyone with the slightest milk of human kindness, feeling or even blood in his or her veins come out to celebrate while children and their teachers are held in inhuman captivity.
That a teacher was videoed to the veiwing of the global community being beheaded is enough in any land that have law and order for the government to shut down. How much more to celebrate anything at all, not to talk of a Children’s Day.
This the list of the Abducted teachers and the Students
Abducted teachers – 7
- Mrs. Alamu Folawe – Principal, Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele
- Mr. Ojo Jonathan – Vice Principal
- Mr. Olatunde Zacchaeus – Teacher
- Mr. John Olaleye – Teacher
- Mr. Michael Oyedokun – Teacher – later killed by captors
- Mrs. Oladeji – Teacher
- Mrs. Mary Akanbi – Teacher, Yawota Baptist Nursery & Primary School 4e25
Abducted pupils – 39
From Ahoro-Esinele:
- Rashida Tajudeen – 11 years
- Ahmed Ramoni – 8 years
- Abdulsalam Toyib – 4 years
- Baraka Abioye – 16 years
- Fatimo Jimoh – 15 years
- Hassan Azeez – 14 years
- Joshua Adeleke – 13 years
From Yawota:
- Samuel Oyedele – 7 years
- Emmanuel Oyedele – 4 years
- Idowu Taiwo – 4 years
- Christianah Akanbi – 2 years
- Juwon Sunday – 7 years
- Sikiru Salami – 3 years
- Soliu Salami – 4 years
- Ojo Joseph – 8 years
- Lydia Adewole – 8 years
- Testimony Jacob – 5 years
- Kehinde Kaosara – 7 years
- Sewa Seyi – 7 years
- Waliya Bello – 4 years
- Lydia Olohunloluwa – 7 years
- Damilare Oderinde – 8 years
- Deborah Adebowale – 5 years
- Aisha Oguntowo – 10 years
- Lege Taiwo – 12 years
- Balkis Ayanwale – 8 years
- Asa David – 10 years
From Oniya community:
- Shuaibu Aliyu – 10 years
- Ahmed Aliyu – 7 years
- Muiz Aliyu – 5 years
- Jomiloju Ogunlola – 6 years
From Alawusa community:
- Agune Noah – 8 years
- Elizabeth Abadi – 5 years
- Tosin Abadi – 9 years
- Pius Stephen – 5 years
- Hannah Ojo – 14 years
Please Nigerians and the watching world, can someone tell me how Christianah Akanbi, a two year old child can be celebrating? How can the children and the famity of Michael Oyedokun be matching and celebrating in this traumatised, heart breaking and frightened condition they are subjected to. How can these scores of children in captivity partake in the celebrations that the government of Nigeria is organising? Someone please tell me.
The torture and undescribable inhumane and dehumanising condition these children are being subjected to by these animals that took them captive is beyond comprehension.
From ECOWAS to AU to UN, does it mean that there is no international force that has the power to intervene when such acts of cruelty is being metted out to helpless innocent children and the government of that land is obviouslincapable or overtly apathetic to such happenings. What about the alienated right of the child everywhere in the world to life, education and recreation?
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