Lagos CP unveils new security measures to tackle petty thieves, robbers - ITREALMS

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The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Imohimi Edgal, has expressed worry over complaints from some neighbourhoods in Lagos alleging increased activities of petty thieves and robbers who specialise in vandalising vehicles parked by roadsides at night, reports ITREALMS.

As said by the Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State, CSP Chike Oti, to reverse the trend, the CP has in addition to his directives to Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers to carry out strings of operations in their areas of responsibilities, advised all communities in Lagos to adopt the following measures in order to improve security in their areas:

1. All streets/communities should as a matter of urgency appoint a Chief Security Officer (CSO) from their midst. This exercise is to be coordinated by the CDA of such area.

2. It will be the responsibility of the CSO to get the phone numbers of DPOs, operation officers and patrol and guard officers closest to them and distribute same widely to members of their community.

3. It will be the responsibility of the CSO to arrange for street guards who will keep watch at night and raise the alarm when necessary to frustrate night marauders.

4. It will be the responsibility of the CSO to reinvigorate and coordinate the already existing joint vigilante/police patrol at night between 12 midnight and 4am in conjunction with the DPO of that locality.

5. In areas where vigilance groups have not been formed in accordance with laid down legal/operational modalities earlier issued by the Commissioner of Police, it will be the responsibility of the CSO to immediately liase with his DPO to ensure that these vigilance groups are set up.

6. The CP has also observed that the two toll free lines, 767/112 are jammed due to call traffic. To reduce the strain on these lines, the CP has released the following 10 numbers domiciled at the Citizen Complaint Hot Centre (CCHC) for use by communities to alert law enforcement officers:

1. 08067945296

2. 08063025274

3. 08063104759

4. 08113615350

5. 08113683077

6. 08096283148

7.,08096283173

8. 08089781657

9. 08126404930

10. 08081426895

7. It will be the responsibility of the CSO to ensure that these lines are given widest publicity.

The CP wishes to reiterate that security is not only a joint endeavour but an expensive business. He therefore enjoins communities to pay their security dues to enable CSOs to put in place street guards to complement the effort of the police.

Finally, the Commissioner of Police assures Lagosians of security in the remaining part of the yuletide season and enjoins them to celebrate and enjoy moderately during the festive period.

Nenye Dom/GEE

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Robbers attack NUJ National Secretariat, TOCG kicks - ITREALMS

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The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Abuja, were at the weekend attacked by some armed robbers, even as security has been beefed up, reports ITREALMS.

Although details of the robbery are still sketchy, the “Team Odusile Campaign Group (TOCG): Consolidation ‘18,” has condemned the alleged robbery attack describing the incident as unfortunate.

Director-General of TOCG, Dr Qasim Akinreti and Chairman, Lagos NUJ, said the NUJ National President Comrade Abdulwaheed Odusile has ordered a security beef up at the Secretariat while assuring all Nigerian journalists of a thorough investigation into the criminal attack on the headquarters of our Union.

“The Team Odusile Consolidation Group not only condemns this alleged robbery attack on our National Secretariat but also call on the NUJ President to leave no stone unturned until those behind this crime and/their sponsors are fished out and punished under the Nigerian law.

“We are shocked that anyone could contemplate and even carry out an armed attack on the Secretariat of journalists purportedly looking for money as if the Secretariat houses a bank. While we are equally suspicious of the timing of this criminal act few days to the 6th Triennial National Delegates Conference of our Union, we will not read too much into this heinous crime but keep our fingers crossed while awaiting report of investigations”, the statement said.

Meanwhile the NUJ president Comrade Abdul Waheed Odusile has enjoined all members to be calm as contacts have been made to top security officials in the country on the need for deployment of more security agents in and around the National Secretariat to complement the Union’s internal security team.

The national president was grateful to Almighty God that workers, especially night guards were not hurt during the attack.

Uboshe Uboshe/GEE

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