FORMER LAGOS POLICE PRO DOLAPO BADMUS STATED THAT NOT SINGING THE OLD NATIONAL ANTHEM IS SABOTAGING NIGERIA.

Babatunji Wusu –

Dolapo Badmus, a former Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, has advocated for the arrest of the owner and headteacher of a private school (name withheld) for singing the old national song.

On Wednesday, President Bola Tinuby signed the old National song Bill 2024, ‘Nigeria, we praise thee’, as a successor for the national song “Arise, O Compatriots.”

In an Instagram post on Friday, Dolapo condemned the reluctance to revert to the new national anthem as an unpatriotic attitude that would not be permitted.

The police officer stated that it was illegal to use the old anthem after President Tinubu signed and approved the new national anthem, ‘Nigeria, we laud thee’.

Dolapo Badmus further stated that the proprietor and head teacher would face legal action for the offense.

She wrote, “If, as of today, three days after the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria signed and assented the new national Anthem into law, you are not able to recite it in its entirety, then you are a suspect.

“I just passed through a private school, and I could hear them singing the old National Anthem! Arise oh compatriots”! (We are no longer arising as compatriots; it is Nigeria we are hailing now.)

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