100,000 practical security guide for citizens published

The Communication and Public Relations Unit of the General Delegation for National Security has published 100,000 flyers with practical security attitudes citizens should adopt in public places, travel agencies and neighbourhoods within the present context of rising insecurity posed by Boko Haram threats.

At public places, the Police call on the population to remain vigilant and observe attentively what is happening around them. The guide also cautions denizens to avoid getting closer to abandoned luggage and rather alert the police.

While urging for the strict respect of emergency security measures put in place by the authorities, the population is called upon to always carry along their identification documents and present them to the forces of law and order whenever they are requested.

At the travel agencies, the Police practical guide recommends that all passengers should have their names registered on the vehicle’s manifesto and avoid transporting luggage whose content they do not know, avoid accepting gifts from strange persons amongst others.

In the neighbourhoods and homes, the population is challenged to take interest on the activities of their neighbours while landlords are urged to identify their tenants. The Police practical guide also advises family heads to exchange telephone numbers with their neighbours for mutual assistance and shun the attitude of quickly opening their doors to visitors who pretend to be pastors, vendors and cable TV technicians.

While the security authorities warn denizens not to engage in any initiative without alerting the forces of Law and Order, they call on strict collaboration between security operatives and the population by giving intelligence services to the Police through the toll free number 1500.

The flyers which are being distributed nationwide according to the Head of the Communication and Public Relations Unit, Senior Superintendent of Police Cecile Mandeng, also have useful telephone numbers of security offices in the regions.