Ex-IG Okiro Advocates Special Squads for Schools, Supports State Policing
Linus Aleke in Abuja
Former Inspector-General(IG) of Police, Mike Okiro, has renewed his call for the establishment of specialised security squads dedicated to protecting school children across Nigeria, insisting that such a measure would significantly reduce the risk of mass abductions in educational institutions.
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television on strategies to prevent the abduction of schoolchildren, Okiro recalled that he had earlier proposed the initiative in 2012, but lamented that it was not implemented by the authorities at the time.
He stated: “In 2012, I proposed a special squad for all Federal Government Schools. But the government did not implement it. If my proposal was implemented, abduction of school children would not have been easy.”
