Police call for arrest of school proprietor for reciting ‘old’ national anthem

Police Officer, Opeto Dolapo Badmus has called for the arrest of proprietor and head teacher of a private school (unnamed) for singing the “old” national anthem.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio announced on Wednesday at a joint session of the National Assembly that President Bola Tinubu signed the old National Anthem Bill 2024  ‘Nigeria, we hail thee’ as the “latest national anthem”.

The old National anthem replaced the national anthem “Arise, O Compatriots”, the NewsGuru.com understands.

However, some schools are yet to adopt the new anthem and still reverting to the former National anthem, according to Officer Dolapo.

In an Instagram post on Friday morning, Badmus stressed that it is against the law to use the old anthem after the president of the federation have signed and assented the new national anthem.

The female officer further noted that both the proprietor and head teacher will be charged  to court  for the offence.

According to her, “If as at today, three days after the president of Federal Republic of Nigeria sighned and assented the new national Anthem into law and you are not able to recite it in a whole, then you are a suspect.

“I just passed through a prive scholl and i could here them singing the old Natioanl Anthem! Arise oh compatriots”! (We are no more arising as compatriots, it is Nigeria we are hailing now.)

“I have call the police to come and arrest not only the proprietor but the head teacher inclusive ( I will make sure they are charged to court) Dont ask me for what offence? Consult any lawyer to learn more, Anyone not singing the new national anthem is sabotahging Nigeria. I wont tolerate any unpatriotic attitude.”