Don’t allow your children open gates or doors to strangers- Police warn
The outgoing Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bala Elkanah said it is dangerous to allow your children open gates or doors to strangers at night.
DSP Elkanah, who was the Niger State Public Relations Officer before ASP, Comfort Olawumi takes over on Friday.
The change of Barton was done on Friday at the Command’s Headquarters in a near solemn, brief ceremony where emotions were almost betrayed by friends, colleagues of the outgoing spokesman and some journalists who made the day for the outgoing PPRO.
The outgoing Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), attributed his successes as the mouthpiece of the Command to the wonderful hands of cooperation from journalists particularly members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Niger state council.
Elkanah spoke to journalists shortly after handing over to his successor, ASP Comfort Olawumi at the State’s Police Command Headquarters at Dutsen Kura area of the state capital, Minna.
Elkanah noted that in fighting crime, the media is a dependable allay even as he recalled that the use of media platforms such as the Radio, Television, facebook, twitter, blogs were parts of strategies that brought about reduction in crime and criminalities in the state.
He stressed that “in fighting crime, you don’t keep quiet but say what you saw. If you see a stranger and you decide to keep quiet, tomorrow, you see another stranger and you keep quiet, you can never tell the day they would strike. You may be the victim or one of the victims of the strange faces you saw earlier and ignored”.
The out going PPRO, gave security tips to citizens, he warned that “showing off wealth and affluence at social events, using flashy cars and flaunting same, engaging in personal discussions with strangers could easily give one out to desperate criminals”
Elkanah further warned parents and guardians not to allow their children to open gates for strangers “it is dangerous for parents to send their wards or children to open gates or doors to strangers especially at nights”.
He said even adults should be weary and watchful while doing that particularly at odd hours of the night.
DSP Elkanah has been deployed to Akwa Ibom State Police Command. He served as PPRO, Niger State Police Command for two years.
He urged journalists in the state to extend same support and cooperation to his successor, Comfort Olawumi to enable her succeed.
The new PPRO, Comfort Olawumi was until her new posting, the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO), Suleja Area Command. She was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force in 2012 as Cadet ASP.
Olawumi is the second female to occupy the seat and 25 PPRO in the history of Niger State Police Command. Comfort holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of Ilorin, Kwara state.
She expressed optimism for a robust, fruitful and peaceful working relationship with the media in the state just as she enlisted their hands of cooperation, support and goodwill to enable her discharge her responsibilities.
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