Anambra Govt begins security awareness, provides important security tips

The Anambra State Government led by Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has commenced mass security awareness programme to help residents in the state in the face of rising spate of insecurity.

To that effect, the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Soludo on Security and Homeland Affairs has provided important security tips powered by the Nigeria Police Force.

In a press release signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security and Homeland Affairs, Hon. Chiejina Obieze offered the following important security tips:

• Ensure you have Control Room numbers of relevant security agencies especially the ones nearest to you in case of emergencies.
• Do not accept rides offered by strangers, because you would be at their mercy if they turn out to be kidnappers.
• Always let someone know your whereabouts or where you are going. Give the name and other useful information of the person you are going to meet, in case of any eventuality.
• It is important that you do a thorough background check on your domestic staff such as your drivers, nannies, cooks, gardeners, and cleaners, etc. before you employ them.
• Study their change in lifestyle, the company they keep and their whereabouts at all times.
• Persons employed as drivers for school-runs must constantly be monitored as experience has shown that some drivers connive with criminals to facilitate the kidnap of innocent children.
• Do not draw unnecessary attention to yourself, especially by making public donations or appearing flashy or spraying money carelessly at events. Note that even when musicians and praise-singers are praising you to high heavens during such events, they may unwittingly be attracting unscrupulous elements to you.

Anambra Government has been battling unprecedented insecurity since the advent of the new administration of Soludo who assumed office on March 17, 2022.

Recently, a serving and another former lawmaker were kidnapped and killed by men yet to be identified.

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