The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase, has said that the police force did not issue a blanket ban on schools holding assembly devotion, but only issued an advisory notice predominantly to the states tackling insurgency.
“The IGP only issued advisory notice directed predominantly to the states where there are insurgency, enjoining them to apply caution in the said assembly so that such congregations do not present soft target for insurgents,” said the Force Public Relations Officer, Ag. ACP Olabisi Kolawole, in a statement.
The IGP said that freedom of worship of citizens is a “constitutional and democratic rights” but called on Nigerians to “see the present position of the Force as a necessary sacrifice for the security, safety and peace our schools need, as security is a collective responsibility.”
