Timothy Adebayo, the vice-chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, has advised the federal government to send security operatives to guard schools.
He said the spate of attacks by bandits and insurgents has reached a stage where the government must take stiffer measure to address the threat.
Speaking at the school’s matriculation ceremony for the 2020/2021 academic session on Saturday, Adebayo called on the government to secure areas where attacks have become prevalent.
He said parents are now afraid to send their children to school, adding that if the government fails to act appropriately, insurgents will actualise their aim of destabilising formal education in the country.
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He said: “The agenda of Boko Haram is being pursued even by the people who are supposed to guide education in the country.
“Parents are now afraid of sending their wards to the university while students are equally afraid of going to schools because they are afraid of being kidnapped, killed or injured. If care is not taken, the agenda of Boko Haram is about to be realised.
“I will advise the federal government to send armed policemen and armed security agencies to schools so that students, parents and sponsors will have rest of mind.”
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The VC also called on students to be vigilant and eschew practices capable of making them vulnerable.
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