The Security Committee of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has raised a special Committee to address what it described as “influx of Almajiri” (Qur’anic pupils) and other persons considered security threats into the city.
The formation of the special Committee was made today, February 11, during an expanded security meeting that was chaired by the Minister, Nyesom Wike.
The special committee, according to a statement from the minister’s office, would be made up of members from the FCT security agencies, including the Nigerian Police, the Nigerian Army, the DSS and the NSCDC.
The special Committee has the responsibilities of working with Area Council Chairmen to identify schools where these Almajiri children are being taught, profile the organizers of the schools, including their pictures and phone numbers, and determining the content of the training provided to the pupils.
The statement said that the special committee was given two weeks within which to submit its report to the Minister.
The committee advised 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.”
