Yoruba nation activist Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has offered to put his private security team in public schools across Oyo State, writing to Governor Seyi Makinde amid rising fears about school attacks.
In a June 9, 2026 letter obtained by The PUNCH in Ibadan on Thursday, Igboho — through Iru Ekun Private Security Limited — asked the state for a list of public schools and their locations to “facilitate the proposed security arrangement.” The note was addressed to the Commissioner for Education and copied to Governor Makinde.
Part of the letter read, “Sir, Iru Ekun Security Network’s plan, upon receipt of the requested information, is to ensure that at least two trained members of the outfit are stationed at each public school identified across Oyo State. Their mandate will be to guard school environments, monitor access points, liaise with principals and community vigilantes, and prevent unlawful incursion by criminal elements.”
The letter, jointly signed by Igboho and Iru Ekun’s legal adviser Junaid Sanusi, said the group wants to work with government, traditional institutions and communities to protect schools. “We equally advise Oyo State Government to consider the possibility of raising fences around all public schools within Oyo State in order to make the school environment easy to guard by the members of Iru Ekun Security Network, stationed to such schools.”
While praising rescue efforts by state and federal agencies, the outfit warned urgency was needed. “Time is of the essence. Every day without preventive deployment exposes our children and teachers to avoidable risk. With proper data and perimeter security, we can create a protective shield around every public school in Oyo State,” the letter stated.
“Iru Ekun Security Network reaffirmed its readiness to work with the government, SUBEB, TESCOM, school management boards, and community stakeholders to deliver a comprehensive, constructive, and security-wise solution that restores confidence in public education across Oyo State,” the letter concluded.
The offer comes 24 days after gunmen abducted pupils and teachers on May 15, 2026, from schools in Oriire Local Government Area — an episode that has sharpened calls for better school security.
