Nigeria, June 2 -- Teachers across Akwa Ibom State will withdraw classroom services on Tuesday as they join a nationwide solidarity rally demanding the release of teachers and pupils abducted from schools in Oyo State.

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Akwa Ibom State Wing, announced the decision in a letter dated 1 June and addressed to the state commissioner for education.

The union said all primary and post-primary schools in the state would remain closed on Tuesday to enable teachers participate in the peaceful rally.

The protest is part of a nationwide directive issued by the national leadership of the NUT following the abduction of teachers and pupils from Baptist Nursery and Primary Schools in the Esiele and Yawota communitie...