Posted by Chinenye on Thu 25th Jun, 2026 - tori.ng
Authorities have unveiled new security measures aimed at ending the disturbing wave of school attacks and student abductions across parts of the country.
(Police Olatunji Disu. Photo Credit: Arise News)
Inspector General of Police Olatunji Disu has assured Nigerians that measures have been put in place to end the recurring trend of attacks on schools and the k!dn@pping of students by b@ndits.
Disu, speaking in Minna, Niger State, through Deputy Inspector General of Police for the North Central Zone, Alhaji Ishyaku Mohammed, told officers and men of the Niger State Police Command that the police high command was firmly on top of the situation.
He said the measures include "the activation of mechanisms aimed at protecting educational institutions and ensuring children continue their studies without intimidation," and disclosed that a dedicated School Protection Unit, headed by a Chief Superintendent of Police, had been established and was being fully supported.
"We have also outlined protocols for school owners to follow so that we can mitigate this madness of attacks on schools. Very soon these attacks will be a thing of the past," he said.
Disu also addressed fears over reports that the Lakurawa t£rrorist group had penetrated Niger State through Zuguruma town, assuring residents that the police had the situation under control and had directed immediate intervention.
Mohammed said the IGP had deployed all Deputy Inspectors General to their respective geopolitical zones to assess specific security challenges and take immediate action.
Disu also called on the public to support security agencies with credible information, describing the fight against crime as a collective responsibility.
Niger State Commissioner of Police Abdullahi Elleman told the DIG that the state's vast landmass, difficult terrain and extensive forest cover continued to pose serious operational challenges, particularly in the Niger North Senatorial District.
Graft, Lack of Patriotism Threaten National Security, Says Ex-DSS Director
A retired Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Dennis Amachree, has warned that corruption and lack of patriotism within Nigeria's political class pose a grave threat to national security.
Amachree made the assertion in a book presented during the 40th anniversary of the DSS, Nigeria's principal domestic intelligence agency established in 1986 following the dissolution of the National Security Organisation (NSO), whose other successor agencies include the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA).
In the 348-page publication titled DSS@40: My Journey Behind The Shield, the author draws on decades of intelligence work to offer an insider's account of the challenges, sacrifices and responsibilities involved in protecting national interests, covering intelligence gathering, counterintelligence operations, crisis management and the safeguarding of strategic assets.
In Chapter 18, Amachree wrote that endemic corruption and a profound absence of patriotism among Nigeria's political class represent a fundamental threat to national security one he argued surpasses external adversaries.
"Rather than providing the stewardship required to stabilise a nation in decline, political leaders have become active architects of instability.
Their actions and systemic inaction have transformed the state from a protector of the people into a primary driver of socioeconomic collapse," he wrote.
Examining what he described as the "anatomy of political sabotage," Amachree argued that Nigeria's current security challenges are not solely the product of insurgent or criminal activity, but are a direct symptom of political failure, placing the country on a dangerous path driven by governance deficits and entrenched dysfunction.