PLATEAU SHUTS ALL BASIC SCHOOLS OVER SECURITY FEARS AS GOVERNMENT MOVES TO PREVENT ATTACKS
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
The Plateau State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all basic schools across the state amid mounting security concerns, becoming the latest state to take precautionary action following a series of recent school attacks in northern Nigeria.
The directive was confirmed on Friday by the Public Relations Officer of the Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board (PSUBEB), Richard Jonah, who that the shutdown was a preventive measure.
“You are aware of attacks in schools in some states. So, here in Plateau, the government is being proactive because we don’t want anything like such to happen here,” Jonah said. “The government decided to close the schools as a temporary measure to enable it to work on some security measures that can be put in place before school sessions can continue.”
According to a statement issued by the board:
Government Junior Model Secondary Schools (GJMSSs) will be shut effective Saturday, November 22, 2025.
Primary and Day Schools will close from Monday, November 24, 2025.
The board said the decision underscores “the urgent need for preventive action” and assured parents, guardians and stakeholders that the closure is temporary but necessary to forestall potential threats and prioritise student safety.
Local Government Education Authorities, school administrators and community leaders have been urged to cooperate with authorities and remain vigilant.
A resident of Shendam Local Government Area, Moses Jeremiah, said students of GSS Shendam were sent home after reports that Boko Haram allegedly issued a threat to attack the school on Sunday. “I have one student from GSS Shendam. He has just returned home. They were asked to go because Boko Haram wrote to inform them they were coming,” he claimed. The report has not been independently verified.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in Plateau State, SP Alfred Alabo, said the command had not received any formal report of threats. “You are just informing me now. I cannot make any statement on the school closure until I get a proper brief on that,” he responded.
The development comes less than 24 hours after gunmen abducted several students from a Catholic school in Niger State the second mass abduction in a week. Earlier on Monday, attackers stormed a girls’ boarding school in Kebbi State, kidnapping 25 students and killing the vice-principal.
Meanwhile, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, speaking in Jos on Thursday during the Nigerian Army Civil-Military Cooperation Media Chat for the fourth quarter of 2025, appealed to the public to support ongoing military operations aimed at tackling insecurity.
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