Oyo Abduction: Stop Sharing Video Of Beheaded Teacher, Traumatised Children Writing WAEC – Family
The family of slain Oyo school teacher, Michael Oyedokun, has appealed to Nigerians to stop circulating graphic videos and images showing his killing.
OSUN DEFENDER reports that Oyedokun, one of the teachers abducted during last Friday’s attack on schools in Aholo-Esinele community in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, was later killed by his captors in a video that surfaced online over the weekend.
In an emotional Facebook post, a family member, Adesewa Oladosu, pleaded with the public to stop reposting the disturbing content and instead use photographs officially approved by the family whenever necessary.
“Hello everyone, please we sincerely appeal to the public and media platforms to kindly reduce or stop sharing the graphic videos and pictures of our beloved uncle.
“We truly appreciate the love, concern, and sympathy shown towards our family during this painful time.
“However, the continuous circulation of those videos and images is deeply traumatising for us as a family”, she wrote.
She disclosed that Oyedokun’s children are currently sitting for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
She added that the repeated appearance of the videos online has made the period emotionally devastating for them.
“His children are currently writing their WAEC exams, and it has been extremely difficult emotionally for them, his elderly loved ones, and all of us his nieces, nephews, cousins, and relatives especially as these contents keep appearing on social media,” she stated.
Oladosu urged members of the public to exercise compassion and sensitivity by blurring disturbing visuals or avoiding the clips entirely.
“For the sake of our mental and emotional wellbeing, we humbly ask that if it is necessary to post about the incident, please kindly blur the videos/images or make use of the pictures officially released by the family instead,” she added.
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