The Police Community Relations Committee in Lagos has urged the citizens to partner with the force in the fight against crime.
The committee, which urged Nigerians to see the police as their friends and partners, noted that only a synergy between the police and community members could guarantee security of lives and property.
It urged the citizens to always volunteer information that would assist the police in nipping crimes in the bud “before the criminals are able to hatch their plans”.
The committee made this appeal on Monday while briefing journalists on its upcoming public lecture/ seminar, titled, “Essence of Surveillance in Nigeria Security System.”
The Chairman of the Planning Committee of the PCRC 2015 seminar, Mr. Bashiru Balogun, who addressed the press, urged citizens to take advantage of the PCRC to relate with or approach the police in order to create a peaceful and secured society.
Balogun said, “The only way Nigerians can have a secured environment is by assisting the police with information that they can use in nipping crimes in the bud. In a situation where the police are deprived of information, security of lives and property may be difficult to realise.”
He also disclosed the plan by the PCRC to honour some notable citizens at the event, including a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, and the incumbent, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, with special awards.
According to Balogun, others to be honoured are the Director General of National Arts Theatre, Mallam Kabiru Yusuff; an Assistant Inspector General of Police, Mr. Bala Hassan, and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni.
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