Stop and Search to Continue, Police Send Important Message to Nigerians
- The police have insisted that its personnel will continue the stop-and-search policy despite the outcry against it
- According to the assistant inspector general of police for zone 7, Kayode Egbetokun, this policy has helped apprehend many criminals
- Meanwhile, Egbetokun equally insisted that the Nigeria police is responsible for election security management
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The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) for Zone 7, Kayode Egbetokun, has said the “stop-and-search” policy of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will not stop anytime soon.
He said the policy had proven to be effective in tackling crimes and insecurity across the country, the Nation Newspaper reports.
Egbetokun, who spoke yesterday at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command, also said there were times when officers and men of the force on “stop-and-search” duty intercepted kidnappers and rescued their victims.
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The police chief noted that despite the complaints against the operations, the benefits of having men on “stop-and-search” were enormous, Leadership Newspaper added.
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Commenting on the forthcoming general election, Egbetokun said:
“Aside from being the lead agency in internal security, the Nigeria Police Force is also the lead agency in election security management, as stipulated in the relevant sections of the Electoral Act 2020."
Court voids law prohibiting unmarried police officers from getting pregnant
Meanwhile, in what can be described as a landmark judgement, the national industrial court has struck down one of the regulations of the Nigeria Police Force.
Regulation 127 of the Nigeria Police Force forbids unmarried officers from getting pregnant. A female officer who gets pregnant outside wedlock will be dismissed.
The incident that led to the recent judgement centres on Omolola Olajide, an unmarried police corporal attached to Iye-Ekiti station, who was sacked in 2021 for getting pregnant. In reaction, the dismissed officer approached the industrial court.
Tragedy in Anambra as unknown gunmen kill 4 persons in Ihiala
In another report, unknown gunmen killed four persons on Nzomiwu street in Eziani community, Ihiala local government area of Anambra state.
The gunmen invaded the community on Tuesday, January 10, and started shooting into the air, thereby killing the victims - three males and a female, who was said to be pregnant.
The reason for the attack could not be ascertained, but a source quoted in the report said the gunmen immediately fled the scene after killing the victims.
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