The following are easy tips to stay out of trouble:
1.Do not offer lift to anybody at night, for any reason whatsoever.
2.If you were robbed and any of your property is taken away by the robbers, you should report the incidence within minutes, because if the robbers are caught and your property is found with them, without your report in The Police Station recorded, you will be deemed to be part of the robbers.
3.Do not buy used phones or laptops , except you are buying from a known friend and you have ascertained that he was the previous user, as it could be a product of armed robbery or kidnapping ,if so and you are arrested ,you will be dealing with a case of armed robbery or kidnapping. Also do not buy vehicles from vendors ,until you check the registration details at the National Vehicles Registration Database to know the actual owners or you ascertain that the Customs Papers are genuine, it could be stolen, robbed vehicles or a product of a kidnapping operation.
4.Do not leave credit alerts on your phone delete them immediately, it could make a target of kidnapping in some circumstances.
5.Do not disclose your location online, it could make you an easy targets for assailants.
6.Do not give anybody no matter how close your phone or sim to make calls or allow people to put their sims in your phone to make calls, instead offer them airtime or your battery, if the person is wanted for a crime, you could be a soft target for the Police to get to the person .
7.Do not respond to strange persons, telling you about NNPC Contract, PHCN Contract, or errors in your accounts, they are fraudsters.
8.Do not ever stay in the midst of a mob, if any body dies from the mob action and you are apprehended at the scene, you will become a murder suspect !
9.Always watch your rear glass while driving to ascertain if you are being trailed, if yes, drive to the nearest Police Station.
10.When flagged down by security agencies, be calm, polite and communicate with them in good English, it helps, if at night put on your inner lights before you approach them, it shows you have nothing to hide.
11.Do not allow anybody to use your account or email for a third part transaction and do not transfer money for people indiscriminately, because you could be a soft target for the Police to get to the Person.
12.Do not use ATMs at remote places at night, you could be robbed or kidnapped.
13.Do not use an ATM Machine that shows Microsoft error or any other error covering the screen, it may have been programmed by Yahoo Boys to siphon your money.
14.Do not give testimonies in church with details of you making money or acquiring priced assets, you may acquire a kidnapping value, the Church is a mixed crowd.
15.Keep details of your financial dealings away from your domestic staff and security details.
16.If you had Security Details, be careful what you say or do in their presence, they are also with you to spy on you.
17. If you worked in a government body or multi-national, be careful what you relate to your colleagues, government has spies in every government body and major company in Nigeria.
18.Be careful what you say on the phone, write on text and social media messages, every conversation is monitored!
19.Always keep your outside light on and the light inside off, when sleeping, it confuses robbers and other assailants.
20.Be careful what you communicate on messenger, WhatsApp, or phone calls .They could easily be used as evidence against you. If wanted to make a classified communication ,do it by WhatsApp calls. It can not be recorded as it is an encrypted, end to end communication.
To be continued
