The Nigeria Safety and Civil Protection Corps says it has greater patrols and surveillance, the use of hidden operations to test the emerging incidents of industrial automobile theft, usually known as “one chance” inside the Enugu city.
The Folk Members of the family Officer of NSCDC, Enugu Surrounding Command, Mr Emmanuel Nwatu, disclosed this to the Information Company of Nigeria on Sunday, day reacting to the criticism of greater “one chance” theft in Enugu.
“One-chance” is the identify, in Nigeria, given to a method of theft that takes park in each crowd and personal cars when crowd input the rides now not understanding that the riders or occupants are robbers.
Nwatu, a Superintendent of Corps, famous that the NSCDC had greater patrols and surveillance, specifically within the affected disciplines of GRA, Pristine Marketplace, and ninth Mile axis of the Enugu city all the way through the early morning hours.
“We are also collaborating with other security agencies and engaging the community to provide actionable intelligence to ensure the safety of our residents,” he stated.
The Command’s spokesman stated that the NSCDC had additionally taken moreover measures to test “one chance” theft and alternative crowd park vices.
“Now we have began crowd consciousness campaigns, thus, instructing the crowd on how one can determine and steer clear of ‘one chance’ operators and alternative vices.
We also are doing hidden operations.
“The Command is deploying plainclothes officers to blend in and catch perpetrators in the act red-handed,” he stated.
Nwatu additionally prompt extra set up of useful solar-powered boulevard lighting fixtures and Closed Circuit Tv Cameras to correctly observe and deter mischief makers in any respect portions of Enugu city.
“We urge the Enugu State Government to aggressively pursue the installation of CCTV Cameras in high-risk areas to help identify these criminal elements,” he added.
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