The Saki Parapo (Home Base Association),has introduced a comprehensive 21-point security framework for community chairmen in Saki, aimed at strengthening neighbourhood security, improving intelligence gathering and enhancing residents’ participation in crime prevention.
The guidelines, signed by the association’s Chairman, Deacon Samson Adeniji, and Secretary, Alh. Yekini Adegboyega, direct all community leaders to implement measures considered essential for safeguarding lives and property.
Among the key directives is the requirement for every community to install security gates or barriers, which should remain closed between 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. to regulate movement into neighbourhoods. Communities are also expected to employ security guards or local vigilantes and introduce identity cards for residents to improve identification and monitoring.
The association further directed community chairmen to ensure that visitors are introduced during community meetings, while every community must maintain registration records for new tenants and residents. Chairmen are also expected to keep updated records of all houses and their owners, as well as the contact details of landlords within their communities.
To enhance intelligence gathering, the guidelines instruct community leaders to monitor forests, bushy areas and uncompleted buildings that could serve as criminal hideouts. Chairmen are also advised to know the identities and places of residence of Fulani and Hausa residents living in their communities.
The association urged residents to cooperate fully with their community leaders on security matters and mandated chairmen to oversee the payment of security levies, appoint collection representatives and hold regular community meetings. It warned that individuals who refuse to cooperate with community security efforts should have their names forwarded to Saki Parapo.
The security framework also encourages neighbouring communities to work closely together, while chairmen are expected to educate commercial motorcycle (okada) riders, transport workers, traders and other residents on the need for vigilance. Okada riders are not to be allowed into communities after 11:00 p.m., and residents were advised not to permit commercial motorcyclists to drop unknown persons at their homes.
In addition, community leaders were directed to maintain cordial relationships with tea vendors, alcohol sellers and other business operators, whom the association described as valuable sources of security information.
The guidelines stipulate that every community must be represented at Saki Parapo meetings, while chairmen are required to notify the association of any security incident before reporting it to the police.
The association also warned that any community found harbouring criminals or involved in the sale of hard drugs would face sanctions. It further prohibited the holding of unauthorized meetings within communities.
According to Saki Parapo Home Base Association, the 21-point guidelines are intended to strengthen community policing, promote early intelligence gathering and encourage collective responsibility in addressing security challenges across Saki.
Full guidelines read:
- Every community should install a gate or barrier to regulate access into the neighborhood. The gate should remain closed between 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.
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Every community must engage security guards or local vigilantes to protect the area.
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Every community should establish an Identity Card (ID Card) system for residents.
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Residents should cooperate fully with the leadership of their community chairman on security matters.
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Anyone accommodating a visitor should introduce the visitor at the community meeting and make other residents aware of their presence.
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Community chairmen should know all Fulani or Hausa residents living in their communities, including the houses where they reside.
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Community chairmen should supervise the regular payment of security levies to community guards and appoint representatives responsible for collecting the payments.
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Community chairmen should maintain an up-to-date record of all houses in their communities, together with the names of their owners.
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Community chairmen should have the phone numbers of all landlords in their communities.
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Community chairmen should monitor all bushy areas, forests, and uncompleted buildings within their communities.
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Community chairmen should ensure that community meetings are held regularly. Anyone who refuses to cooperate with the community should have their name forwarded to Saki Parapo.
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Community chairmen must ensure that their communities have representatives at Saki Parapo meetings.
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If any incident occurs in a community, the chairman must first notify Saki Parapo before reporting the matter to the police.
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Community chairmen should educate commercial motorcycle riders (okada operators), transport workers, traders, and other residents to remain vigilant and help safeguard their communities.
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Neighboring communities should maintain close cooperation and work together on security matters.
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Every community chairman should maintain good working relationships with alcohol sellers, tea vendors, and other business operators within the community, as they can provide useful information on security issues.
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Commercial motorcycle (okada) riders should not be allowed into the community after 11:00 p.m.
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Community chairmen should sensitize residents not to allow commercial motorcycle riders to drop off strangers at their homes.
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Every community should maintain a registration form for all new tenants or residents moving into the neighborhood.
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Any community found to be harbouring or involved in the sale of hard drugs will face sanctions from Saki Parapo.
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Individuals should not organize or hold unauthorized meetings at will.
These directives form part of Saki Parapo Home Base’s community security guidelines, aimed at strengthening neighborhood security, improving intelligence gathering, and promoting cooperation among residents in Saki, Oyo State.