It is so easy to stay out of trouble, but difficult to come out of it, the following are easy tips to stay out of trouble:

1.Do not offer lift to anybody at night, for any reason whatsoever.You could be offering lift to an armed robber or a kidnapper ,irrespective of the gender of the person.

2.If you were robbed and any of your property is taken away by the robbers, you should reportl the incidence within minutes at the Police Station, because if the robbers are caught and your property is found with them without your report at 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,which you can Google, 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.Always put a tracker on your vehicles, especially the ones you give out for Cab business ,it will save you far less in future .

4.Do not leave Credit Alerts on your phone delete them immediately,or if you are caught by the bad guys they will not let you go until they withdraw all the money in your account and sometimes it goes bad as the victim could be killed as the more a person is in the custody of his or her abductors ,the likelihood of him or her being killed .

5.Do not disclose your location online, it could make you an easy target for assailants .To this end ,always remove your location setting on your smart phone .Do not give your location to people on the phone indiscriminately.Always follow your instincts . It hardly fails .

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.Do not charge your phone in public places and leave it unattended to,it could be used to make a call that will implicate you .

7.Do not respond to strange persons ,telling you about NNPC Contract, PHCN Contract, errors in your accounts, or a Whatssap Admin. calling you to put a code in your phone ,they are fraudsters.Never you put a code you got from anybody no matter how close on your WhatsApp security account.Your Whatssap Code is private and personal.

8.Do not ever stay in the midst of a mob,else if a person dies in a mob ,every one seen in the mob is a suspect for murder Same for any crime attributable to the mob .Even If you did not do anything and you are seen in the mob ,you can be charged as an accessory before and after the fact of any crime committed by the mob.

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 party transaction and do not transfer money for people indiscriminately.Never pay money for what you not seen except you trust the seller .When buying land pay for it at the same time you are a signing the Deed of Transfer.Allways investigate the owner of a land before you buy same.It is better to give a Lawyer small money to investigate your land, than to use more money to go to Court ,Police Station or rebuy the same land.Sometimes for Nigerians ,It is penny wise ,pounds foolish.

12.Do not use ATMs at remote places at night.It is better to be safe than sorry.Do not transfer money to people you do not know too well,always ensure there is a narration for your incoming and outgoing transfers ,everything is Electronic now .There is always a trail of transaction. This is an important point. Tread with caution .

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 take your money.Confirm that the money is in your account ,if a person you do not know transfers money to you, before you let the person go. Yahoo Boys simulate fake transfers alert when they have your mobile number.

14.Do not give testimonies in church with details of you making money or acquiring priced assets, you may acquire a kidnapping or armed robbery value, the Church is a mixed crowd.

15.Keep details of your financial dealings away from your domestic staff and security details.They can arrange your kidnapp or an armed robbery against you.

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 to the Government.

17.If you worked in a Government Body or Multinational ,be careful what you relate to your colleagues, Government has spies in every Government Body and Major Companies in Nigeria.

18.Be careful what you say on the phone, write on text and social media messages, alot of conversations are monitored!Use *#61#,to check if your phone is monitored or bugged and ##002#,to disable the bugging of your phone.

19.Always keep your outside light on and the light inside off ,when sleeping, it confuses robbers and other assailants.Put off your noisy generation in the middle of the night .Monitor every noise and step at night .

20.Be careful what you communicate on messenger , WhatsApp, or phone calls .They could easily be used as evidence against you. If you 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.Be careful what you post online,the Internet never forgets.Your online profile is your real curriculum vitae.Companies check your online profile these days before offering you an employment.Family Members of your would be husband / wife also profile you on line and what you post online ,stays on line .

22.Read documents very well before you sign. You are bound by what you sign. Do not allow any police man or security agency to force you make any statements, insist on seeing your Lawyer, by the New Law -ACJL, they will oblige you ,never make a statement for any reason that will implicate you ,you could be on your way to jail.

Always have enough credit on your phone before sleeping, never sleep without airtime on your phone and you must have the Police Control Room Number of your state and call first to be sure ,that number can save your life and I tell you it works like magic.
Effective Use of the Nigeria Police Control Rooms :
a. You introduce yourself and explain your situation very briefly , which you ! must be make look like a real emergency!
b. You must create by your call an urgency ,that requires a swift and instant intervention of a Police Patrol Team and I assure you the Police will respond immediately, as there are punitive measures against not doing so , especially when something goes wrong.

c. Ensure that you give a vivid description of your address and be patient with the Control Room Operators ,ensuring that you follow up on them with subsequent calls.

d. The following are the Nigeria Police Control Room Numbers in each State of the Federation.

S/No. State Command Police Control Phone Numbers:
1 ABIA 08035415408 08079210003 08079210004 08079210005
2 ADAMAWA 08089671313
3 AKWA IBOM 08039213071 08020913810
4 ANAMBRA 07039194332 08024922772 08075390511 08182951257
5 BAUCHI 08151849417 08127162434 08084763669 08073794920
6 BAYELSA 07034578208
7 BENUE 08066006475 08053039936 07075390677
8 BORNO 08068075581 08036071667 08123823322
9 CROSS RIVER 08133568456 07053355415
10 DELTA 08036684974
11 EBONYI 07064515001 08125273721 08084704673
12 EDO 08037646272 08077773721 08067551618
13 EKITI 08062335577 07089310359
14 ENUGU 08032003702 08075390883 08086671202
15 FCT ABUJA 07057337653 08061581938 08032003913
16 GOMBE 08150567771 08151855014
17 IMO 08034773600 08037037283
18 JIGAWA 08075391069 07089846285 08123821598
19 KADUNA 08123822284
20 KANO 08032419754 08123821575 064977004 064977005
21 KATSINA 08075391255 08075391250
22 KEBBI 08038797644 08075391307
23 KOGI 08075391335 07038329084
24 KWARA 07032069501 08125275046
25 LAGOS 07055462708 08035963919
26 NASARAWA 08123821571 07075391560
27 NIGER 08081777498 08127185198
28 OGUN 08032136765 08081770416
29 ONDO 07034313903 08075391808
30 OSUN 08075872433 08039537995 08123823981
31 OYO 08081768614 08150777888
32 PLATEAU 08126375938 08075391844 08038907662
33 RIVERS 08032003514 08073777717
34 SOKOTO 07068848035 08075391943
35 TARABA 08140089863 08073260267
36 YOBE 07039301585 08035067570
37 ZAMFARA 08106580123

Best regards.