Dogs More Proactive Against Bandits Than Security Forces — Katsina Govt

The Katsina State Government says it would be deploying security
dogs to protect school children in state-owned boarding
schools.

Katsina, like many other schools in the North, has witnessed
mass kidnap of school children and the threat of reoccurrence is
palpable.

Katsina Commissioner for Education, Dr Badamasi Lawal Charanchi,
said that the decision was made based on an advise that dogs are
more competent and effective than humans they also have the ability
to inform security agents that bandits are on their way to schools,
local newspaper Katsina Post reported.

“We were advised to deploy these dogs at each school because
they have special abilities to detect intruders faster than human
beings in many instances,” Mr Charanchi said, according to Katsina
post.

“These dogs, when deployed will alert the students and other
security agents in case of any intruder or bandits when they are
coming.”

In December 2020, 344 students were abducted from a Katsina
boarding school. The sad event happened at Government Science
Secondary School, Kankara where they were kidnapped by bandits but
they were later released after negotiations with the federal
government.

Amidst the fear of bandits attacking schools, the governor of
Katsina, Aminu Masari, in March ordered that boarding schools
should be shut down for a while.

In addition, Mr Masari has also decided that five security
guards will be sent to each boarding school alongside the dogs and
a well structured fence will be constructed in boarding
schools.

The governor promised that his administration will re-enforce
the security architecture of boarding schools before the resumption
for academic activities.

The Katsina State Government says it would be deploying security
dogs to protect school children in state-owned boarding
schools.

Katsina, like many other schools in the North, has witnessed
mass kidnap of school children and the threat of reoccurrence is
palpable.

Katsina Commissioner for Education, Dr Badamasi Lawal Charanchi,
said that the decision was made based on an advise that dogs are
more competent and effective than humans they also have the ability
to inform security agents that bandits are on their way to schools,
local newspaper Katsina Post reported.

“We were advised to deploy these dogs at each school because
they have special abilities to detect intruders faster than human
beings in many instances,” Mr Charanchi said, according to Katsina
post.

“These dogs, when deployed will alert the students and other
security agents in case of any intruder or bandits when they are
coming.”

In December 2020, 344 students were abducted from a Katsina
boarding school. The sad event happened at Government Science
Secondary School, Kankara where they were kidnapped by bandits but
they were later released after negotiations with the federal
government.

Amidst the fear of bandits attacking schools, the governor of
Katsina, Aminu Masari, in March ordered that boarding schools
should be shut down for a while.

In addition, Mr Masari has also decided that five security
guards will be sent to each boarding school alongside the dogs and
a well structured fence will be constructed in boarding
schools.

The governor promised that his administration will re-enforce
the security architecture of boarding schools before the resumption
for academic activities.