Be More Security Conscious, Police Tell Borno Residents After Mosque Attack • Channels Television

The Borno State Police Command has called on residents of the state to be more proactive in reporting security threats to relevant agencies.

Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Damian Chukwu, made the appeal on Monday hours after a suspected Boko Haram member killed seven worshippers at a mosque in the state.

“We need the public to be more security conscious, to be more preemptive,” he told reporters at his office in Maiduguri, the state capital.

“When they see faces that are not friendly or totally strange to their localities, they should promptly report to the security personnel, the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), or anybody through whom they know information can quickly reach the police, military, or any other security agency.”

Mr Chukwu also confirmed today’s attack in which the terrorist blew himself up and injured seven others in the process in…