How parents can prevent kidnapping of their kids

Worried by the rising incidents of child kidnapping, the Lagos State Police Command has cautioned parents to be conscious of where and who they leave their children with.

Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joseph Offor told our correspondent that carelessness, negligence and lack of security consciousness on the part of parents account to a greater percentage of child kidnapping in the state.

Offor bemoaned over parents who while leaving for work would make no specific arrangement for the where about of their children.

He said : “ Child stealing is carelessness and negligence on the part of parents. some Parents when leaving for work make no specific arrangement for their children. Some go as well as handing their children over to strangers and  neighbors  they barely know. When any thing happens, they would blame the police”.

The PPRO also cautioned school owners in the state on who they employ. “Some schools employ people any how without asking of their history and preliminary investigation about their attitude. It is either they are committing the crime themselves or accomplices. Some employ rapists without knowing, when they come to the proprietor or principal’s office , they would survey where the CCT Camera does not reach, that is where the would take the children and defile them”.

Offor disclosed that because of this and other crimes raising ugly heads in Lagos, the command has embarked on media visibility, creating awareness on personal security tips . “we are doing everything we can to educate people on security measures, but because of the issue of confidence , most people would not believe”.