Lawyer Speaks On Why Cute Abiola Wearing Police Uniform for Skit Is Not Illegal
- The use of police uniforms to make skits by Abdulgafar Ahmad, popularly known as Cute Abiola, has been described as legal
- A lawyer, Inibehe Effiong said Cute Abiola as an entertainer “using ‘police uniform’ in a skit for entertainment purpose
- He urged the police to focus on curtailing the menace, lawlessness and wanton corruption in the service
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Prominent Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has tackled the Nigeria Police Force for threatening to prosecute skit maker, Abdulgafar Ahmad, popularly known as Cute Abiola, for using police uniforms in skits.
Effiong said entertainers use military and police uniforms globally for their art and craft, which is purely for entertainment purposes.
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Reacting on the matter, the lawyer via his Twitter handle @InibeheEffiong argued that “using ‘police uniform’ in a skit for entertainment cannot by itself bring contempt on that uniform.”
He said the police will find it difficult to prove that the use of its uniform brings contempt.
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“In any event, if what’s demonstrated in the skit is a true reflection of what the police is known for, you will have a hard time proving this case.”
Effion further explained that the worst that could happen to Cute Abiola is 3 months imprisonment or a fine of forty Naira.
“By the way, the said offence is a simple offence with a punishment of only three months imprisonment or a fine of forty Naira."
He advised the police to curtail the menace, lawlessness and wanton corruption in the force rather than trying to fight skit makers.
“Rather than dissipate your energy trying to fight skit makers for depicting the police in a way you’re not comfortable with, you should use that energy to curtail the menace, lawlessness and wanton corruption of policemen whose endless abuse of power is what has brought the uniform and the Force into contempt.”
Cute Abiola: Police Vows to Prosecute Skit Maker for Desecrating Uniform, “For Portraying Us in Bad Light”
Nigerian Skit maker Abdulgafar Ahmad, better known by his stage name Cute Abiola, has been threatened with retaliation by the Nigeria Police Force for desecrating the Nigeria Police Force uniform by donning it in his skits.
The information was released on Thursday in a statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
Source: Legit.ng
