‘Get police escorts if you must take school kids on excursions’, Lagos Police charge school proprietors
The Lagos State Police Command has charged school managers to be security-conscious for the safety of the students in their care.
The Area Commander in charge of Area C, ACP Oladunni Ayoola, gave the charge on Wednesday during a stakeholder dialogue held at the command headquarters in the Surulere area of the state.
Ayoola charged the school managers in the state to adopt the use of technology to aid the security of the children under their care.
He further advised against organising any event or taking the children out of the school jurisdiction without having police escorts with them.
He said, “So many schools are not properly secure. So many schools are not adopting the use of technology in what they are doing. So many schools are not tracking the buses they use in carrying the children to school. Some of them don’t make use of the police when organising events.
“It is for us to lecture them to let them know that you cannot organise any event or take your children out of the school jurisdiction without having a police escort with them because we have been directed from the Force Headquarters to ensure that all our schools are properly safe and secure. This means if you are a school manager, you must work with us to provide a safe school environment.”
Ayoola said the gathering was in line with the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on school security which was passed across to Area Commanders by the state Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade.
He said, “On August 8, 2023, the IGP launched a programme on the issue of school security. It is on that basis that the CP directed all Area Commanders in the state to convene a security summit with the school managers to ensure that we have safe school environment.
“You can see the number of schools we have here. They are all ready to collaborate with the police for us to have safe and secure learning institutions. You can see the number of schools we have in attendance. They are all ready to collaborate with the security agencies.”
Ayoola assured the school owners that all the DPOs were going to share their numbers with them and ensure that if there were any issue, they should report to the police.
