By Ibrahim HassanWuyo

A security expert ,Mohammed Garba Potiskum has warmed that people should stay at home during the pandemic as lurching kidnappers could strike and demand payment of ransom through POS.

According to him,” kidnapping in general terms has reduced as a result of non-availability of cash in circulation. However, unconfirmed report available to us claims some kidnappers are utilizing POS on the victims. There is more to it than meets the eye in this particular instance but kidnapper’s lay ambush and source information on the whereabouts of their victims before they strike.”

He said the spate of crime in Nigeria will be reduced to the barest minimum when the Federal Government strengthens its ties with the numerous security agencies in the country.

Garba Potiskum, the Managing Director and CEO of HNB Security & Protective Company ,spoke in Kaduna during a virtual presentation of a paper,entitled ‘ emerging security threat in the corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic and possible approach to reducing vulnerability and fighting criminal acts.’

Potiskum , who had coordinated the security of late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua ,said the National Security Strategy framework approved by the President in December 2019 had confirmed 27 existing Security Agencies .

He said the security agencies should find time and study the Strategic Plans drawn by experts and adopt systemic approach towards implementing and enforcing the strategy with careful ‘carrot and stick’ as it relates to Nigerian citizens and the people at large.

“A vital point which should be taken into consideration is the fact that trust is a big issue between the existing Security Agencies while superiority is the Greatest Headache at most quarters,” he said.

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