Overview
- The president directed the police and army to expand their ranks, including hiring 20,000 additional police officers to bring the force to 50,000 and using National Youth Service Corps camps as training sites.
- Officers assigned to VIP protection will be withdrawn for crash retraining and redeployed to security‑challenged areas.
- The Department of State Services was cleared to deploy trained forest guards and recruit more personnel, and the presidency said security forces will conduct regular checks at churches and mosques.
- Tinubu urged lawmakers to enable state police and pledged federal support for existing state security outfits, while advising relocation of vulnerable boarding schools and tighter protection for religious gatherings.
- The declaration follows coordinated attacks across several states, with 24 Kebbi schoolgirls and 38 worshippers reported rescued, hundreds of students in Niger State still unaccounted for after some escaped, and parents saying they lack updates on rescue efforts.