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    Officers on stop-and-search duties must be in uniform – Police

    Officers on stop-and-search duties must be in uniform – Police

    Nigeria Police Force has said that officers on stop-and-search duties must be in uniform with their names attached.

    The Force Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi said this in a post on his X handle on Monday, Jan. 29.

    The force spokesperson was reacting to a video in which four policemen in mufti stopped a driver on Lekki-Epe Express Way.

    The officers had approached the man to ask for his tinted permit, but he replied by asking for their identities, saying there was nothing to indicate they were policemen.

    Reacting to the development, Adejobi said the policemen “have been traced to Zone 2 and identified,” adding that “the AIG Zone 2 Lagos is investigating, while the PPRO Zone 2 will speak to it as soon as possible.”

    He said the NPF had ordered that any policeman embarking on routine patrol or stop-and-search must be in uniform, properly dressed, and easily identified.

    Adejobi maintained that it is not ideal to be on patrol while in mufti, saying policemen misbehave when they know their identities are hidden and unknown.

    “You will recall that we have ordered and announced that any policeman embarking on routine patrol or stop and search must be in uniform, properly dressed, and easily identified. It’s not ideal to carry out a stop and search in mufti.

    “The audacity to misbehave or carry out unprofessional conduct comes when you know your identity is hidden and unknown. I still reiterate that policemen on stop and search and routine patrol must be in uniform. That is the standard in the police,” Adejobi said.

    He added that “policemen in mufti are supposed to be on surveillance or undercover and not to be seen with long-range guns or rifles.

    “This is what our DPOs and HODs should emphasise and enforce to bring sanity and standardisation.”

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