Following the twin explosions which rocked the Creek Road area of
Liverpool, Apapa, Lagos State on June, 25 and the subsequent declaration by the
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekarau
that his sect was behind the explosions and now in Lagos, the police and state
government have been having sleepless nights, trying to come with up strategies
to ensure that the state was thrown into one of anarchy and bloodletting.
Aside from the state governor, Baba Tunde Raji Fashola having a
closed door meetings men involved in fuel and gas businesses especially at the
apapa, wharf axis, the State’s Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, had also been
secretly meeting with Islamic leaders in the state over security of the state.
This was even as members of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress(OPC),
under Dr. Fredrick Fasehun faction, have stationed themselves strategically,
keeping surveillance on areas and buildings they known were inhabited by
Chadians and Nigeriens in the metropolis.
Latest information said that the Nigeria Police Force, across the
nation, will soon come out with a radio jiggle to sensitise people about bomb
explosions and the numbers to call when they sight anything suspicious.
Meanwhile, the Lagos Command has come up with 17 million
pamphlets, geared towards educating Lagosians about bomb explosions, how to
avoid them and who to alert when they see suspicious looking items.
Police spokesperson,
Ngozi Braide, who spoke with journalists in her office, said the command found
it necessary to print the pamphlets due to the security challenges in the
country.
While displaying some of
the pamphlets tagged, ‘Counter- terrorism campaign,' Braide said the
content would help Lagosians to be more security conscious and know what to do
when in doubt.
She said the pamphlets
would be distributed in churches, schools, banks, hotels, among other places.
According to her, one of
the contents in the pamphlets is that people should know their neighbours
and their means of livelihood.
The pamphlet also urged
landlords to conduct background checks on all their prospective tenants. People
are expected to draw the attention of the police to vehicles parked or
abandoned by unknown person.
She added: “Do not allow
unknown persons to drop or abandon bags, boxes, fruit barrows, and trolleys, articles
of trade or cartons!”
She said legitimate
sellers of chemicals such as fertilizer, ammonium products, acid, amongst
others, should be wary of persons they sell such products to, stressing that
people should be vigilant at public places as objects such as bombs could be
kept by unscrupulous persons in unattended bags, packages, cans, and
containers.
She said: “Community
leaders should work in conjunction with the local police to form association
where they could brainstorm about the security of their area.”
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