FCT SECURITY COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH AREA COUNCILS ON THE INFLUX OF ALMAJIRI, OTHERS INTO FCT
Security Chiefs at the meeting
…TO IDENTIFY ALMAJIRI SCHOOLS, AND TEACHERS, EXPLORE AREAS OF WORKING TOGETHER
1. The FCT Security Committee held an expanded security meeting today, Tuesday, February 11, 2025, chaired by Minister Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, to address the increasing influx of Almajiri and other individuals with security concerns into the Federal Capital Territory
2. Following the meeting, the FCT Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, informed the media that the FCT Minister has directed the formation of a committee to address the influx of Almajiri and other persons considered security threats into the FCT.
3. The committee, he said, comprises of members from the FCT security agencies, including the Nigerian Police, the Nigerian Army, the DSS, and the NSCDC, and is tasked with several key responsibilities. These include working with Area Council Chairmen to identify schools where Almajiri children are be ing taught, profiling organizers of the schools, including their pictures and phone numbers, and determining the content of the training provided to the students.
4. The committee is expected to submit its report to the FCT Minister within two weeks.
5. According to Disu, “This afternoon, we just had an expanded security meeting with the Hon. Minister of FCT, Barrister Nyesom Wike, which includes the Chairmen of the Area Councils. A lot of issues bothering on security were discussed. But mainly, we focused on the issue of influx of people into the Federal Capital Territory, especially the Almajiri,”
6. “The Minister at the end of the meeting directed that a Committee be set up by us and that he awaits the outcome of it in two weeks”
7. “The Committee has the mandate to see how it’s going to work with the Area Council Chairmen for them to identify schools where these children are being brought into to learn, to profile those organizing these schools, to have the pictures, phone numbers of those organizing these schools and to work out means of working with them in future and probably to find out what the government can do to ensure that they are kept in check and to find out the content of the training they are giving these students in their various schools”.
8. Commissioner Disu announced that the security agencies recently arrested some persons who are considered security risks to the FCT and assured that further details will be released to the public after investigations.
9. He urged all FCT residents to be security conscious and report suspicious individuals in their areas to the appropriate authorities. “Everybody should be security conscious…we need to profile people coming into our environments, we need to know them…” the CP said.
10. The CP also reiterated the commitment of the FCT Security Committee to ensure the safety and security of all residents, stressing that the security agencies will continue to take proactive measures to address potential threats in the FCT.
ANTHONY OGUNLEYE
DIRECTOR OF PRESS
(OFFICE OF THE MINISTER)
FCTA/ODP/PR/644
11/02/2025