This follows fears of impending bandits and terrorists’ attacks on the schools.
The decision was as a result of rising insecurity and threat to the lives, properties and well-being of the students therein.
While some schools had directed students to vacate by Wednesday, July 27, 2022, other schools disseminated messages to parents on Sunday asking them not to fail to come pick their children today, unfailingly, due to rising fear and anxiety emanating from reported threats.
An unconfirmed report had trended on social media on Sunday, indicating that there were heavy shootings at Federal Government College in Kwali, Abuja, a report which prompted parents to rush down to the school to ascertain the safety of their wards and possibly return home with them until calm was restored.
Some members of staff at the Federal Government Girls’ College, Bwari, also said they received a directive from the Federal Ministry of Education to allow students vacate the school before Wednesday.
