Hundreds of students of higher institutions of learning took to the streets of Ode Irele, the headquarters of Irele Local Government Area of the state, on Monday to protest against the missing of one Gideon Akindoye.

Akindoye went missing on Monday, June 11, 2024, after going to his father’s farm, located between Igbobini and Ode Irele Communities. His whereabouts are unknown at the time of filing this report.

Gideon was said to have travelled home to meet his parents and later went to the farm with his motorcycle to harvest cassava but yet to return home since then, raising suspicion that he must have been kidnapped on the farm.

During the protest, the students, under the auspices of the National Association of Nigerian Students, called on the state governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and the security agencies in the state to intervene and find the missing student.

The mother of the missing student, Mrs Janet Akindoyo, said the boy arrived in Irele on Sunday, June 10, and went to the farm to harvest the following day, but he had not returned up to the time of filling this report. “He has not returned. The search party saw his motorcycle where he parked it, but we haven’t seen him. I’m appealing to the security and the people to help find him,” she said.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the missing student incident but said the command men had been in the forest in search of the missing student.

“Our men are working in the forest in search of the person and investigation into the matter had begun,” the PPRO stated.

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