Nigeria, May 15 -- An advocacy group, the Oyo Global Forum, has condemned the abduction of pupils and the killing of two persons during Friday's attack on schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, warning that organised banditry is spreading deeper into the South-west region.

In a statement signed by its Chairman, Taiwo Hassan Adebayo, the group described the attack on Ahoro-Esinele community as a dangerous signal of worsening insecurity in the region.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that armed hoodlums invaded Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, as well as Community Grammar School and L.A Primary School in Ahoro-Esinele, Oriire Local Government Area of the state, abducting several pupils, students and staff members, ...