The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr M.D. Abubakar, has ordered command commissioners of police to immediately commence security audit and threats analysis of all boarding schools nationwide.
The order was part of deliberate and proactive efforts towards bolstering security network around boarding schools and as a way of ensuring safety and security of students and other stakeholders in the nation’s secondary schools.
CSP Frank Mba, who is the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), disclosed this in an e-mail message.
He said the outcome of the exercise would assist the police authorities and other security agencies in the task of designing security strategies that would help in promoting safety and security in schools.
Mba stated that it was equally expected that the result of the consultations, threat analysis and the attendant security awareness campaigns would help in reducing the vulnerability of the schools and strengthen an otherwise soft terror targets.
He said the commissioners of police were expected to work in conjunction with other security agencies, the ministries of education of the various states across the country, the management and staff of the schools, the Parents-Teachers Associations (PTAs), the host communities and other stakeholders so as to obtain the most reliable intelligence.
Mba disclosed that the IGP reassured the citizens that the police, along with other security forces, would remain committed to their mandate of protecting the lives and property of all Nigerians. He called for the continuous support of the Nigerian public.
