Nigeria: Borno Police Deploy 3,000 Officers to Fortify Schools, Others

Maiduguri — The Borno Police Command has deployed 3,000 personnel to safeguard the 205 schools in the state against attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.The Commissioner of Police, Damian Chukwu, while reviewing the security situation in Maiduguri, said everything possible must be done to secure the lives of pupils and students.

According to him, the abduction on February 19, 2018 of 110 students from Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) in Dapchi, Yobe State must not happen again."We must, as a matter of necessity, not allow the abduction of any pupil or student from these schools being guarded by our men and women," he said.

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