The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone
2, Mr. Bala Hassan, has advised Lagosians against any lifestyle capable of
encouraging crime in the society.
Hassan said Nigerians must continue to be vigilant and
watchful not to allow themselves to be victims of crime through careless
attitude.
He gave the advice on Thursday in Lagos, while speaking at
the third biennial conference on community policing, organised by the Lagos
state Command of the Police Community Relations Committee.
Hassan said those that engaged in crime were encouraged to
do so because of the ostentatious lifestyles of people around them.
Hassan while speaking on the theme, ‘PCRC and criminal
opportunity,’ said, “As Christmas is fast approaching, we must live a moderate
life so that we do not give criminals the opportunity to operate.
“Anything that will make us victims of crime should also be
avoided. It is people that give criminals the opportunity to commit crimes and
we must ever be vigilant.
“When you go to the bank to withdraw money and you keep the
money in your car where the criminal will see it and remove it, are you not the
one giving opportunity to the criminal to commit crime?”
Hassan also used the occasion to assure residents of the
zone of the police’s preparedness at ensuring a crime-free Yuletide.
On the activities of cultists in the zone, he said the
police were working hard to ensure that hooliganism became a thing of the past.
He also advised parents and guardians to ensure that their
children and wards did not keep bad friends.
The Chairman of the PCRC, Oba Momodu Afolabi Asafa, said the
seminar was organised to increase awareness among residents.
-The Punch
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