Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has said the command would provide adequate security to schools in the state.

He said this would be in partnership with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), adding that the operations would cover public schools in three states of the northeast.

Idris, represented by Habila Joshak, Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of operations, disclosed this during an visit to Government Secondary School, Yarwa, in Maiduguri.

According to him, the commands will conduct similar visit to liberated communities and schools in the affected states.

Earlier, the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana, said the commands accorded priority to the education of children and stressed its readiness to protect them.

Gana noted that the visit to the School was strategic in view of its position as a host school to students from eight other schools.

The other schools are Mafa, Monguno, Damasak, Baga, Auyo, Damboa and Bama.

Also commenting, Hajiya Bintu Abba-Kura, the principal of the school, lauded the new school security measures adopted by the Federal Government.

“The visit is timely because of the girls’ abduction in Dapchi, it boosted students’ morale and assured them that they are safe,” she said.