The Benue State Police Command has given assurance to parents and residents that schools in the state are safe.
This was disclosed by the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Emenari Ifeanyi, during a chat with journalists on Friday in Makurdi.
He said the command has thrown a water right security cordon around schools in the state.
Ifeanyi said the command has posted security personnel to some special schools like girls apart from the presence of Schools Protection Squad (SPS) educational institutions in the state.
He said the Inspector General of Police had already directed that all schools and worship centres must be secured in the country.
“The IGP has already given directives to all the Commissioners of Police in the country to make sure that schools and worship centres, including our mosques, are secured.
“Even before then, we had posted security men to all the public schools in the state, especially the girls’ schools.
“As we speak now, we have put permanent security men there, while in other schools we have deployed our men to carry out routine patrols and have asked the principals to have police telephone numbers so that if anything happens, they can call the police immediately for necessary action.
“We have also organised a programme to train both teachers and students on what to do if anything happens, especially getting in contact with police, so we have our schools properly covered.”