It’s Shameful, Tiring: Comedian Sabinus Condemns Prolonged Captivity Of Oyo Schoolchildren
By David Adebayo
Popular Nigerian comedian and content creator, Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Ejekwu, widely known as Sabinus, has strongly condemned the prolonged captivity of the school children abducted in Ogbomoso area of Oyo State, labeling the situation both heartbreaking and embarrassing for the nation.
The prominent skit maker temporarily shelved his trademark humour to deliver a poignant critique, expressing deep frustration over the prolonged silence and lack of updates regarding the fate of the children, who were taken weeks ago.
In a video posted on his Instagram page, Sabinus questioned why the children were still being held despite the widespread outrage and repeated appeals from concerned Nigerians.
According to him, the inability of the authorities to secure their release after several weeks paints a disturbing picture of insecurity in the country.
“It is shameful and very tiring that these innocent school children are still being held till today,” he said in the emotional video.
“How can little children leave their homes to go and learn and then end up in the hands of kidnappers for weeks?”
The comedian lamented that the victims were too young to understand the trauma they were being subjected to, stressing that prolonged captivity could leave emotional scars on them for years to come.
“These children are exposed to things they don’t even understand,” Sabinus added.
“Some of them are still very young. Imagine the fear, the confusion and the pain they are passing through while their parents are crying every day.”
He further criticised the government and security agencies for what he described as a slow and disappointing response to the crisis, insisting that Nigerians are becoming exhausted by repeated stories of abductions without swift rescue efforts.
“We cannot continue like this as a country,” he said.
“Every time we hear about kidnapping, killing or insecurity, and after the noise online, everything goes quiet again. These children are human beings, not headlines that people should forget after two days.”
Sabinus also sympathised with the affected families, noting that no parent deserves the agony of not knowing whether their child is safe or alive.
He urged leaders at all levels to treat the rescue mission with urgency and compassion rather than routine political statements.
“Think about the parents,” he said. “Imagine sending your child to school and then spending weeks without seeing them or hearing their voice. No father or mother deserves that kind of pain. Government must do more.”
Persecondnews recalls that on Friday morning, May 15, 2026, heavily armed gunmen riding motorcycles had launched coordinated, simultaneous raids on three schools in the Ogbomoso axis:
Yawota Baptist Nursery and Primary School (near Alawusa), Community High/Grammar School (Ahoro-Esiele) and L.A. Primary School (sharing premises with Community Grammar in Esiele).
The attackers fired sporadically to create panic before retreating into the dense forest reserves near the Old Oyo National Park axis, which borders neighbouring states.