IG Bans Police From Searching Phones Of Civilians Without Warrant




The Inspector General of Police has banned the rank and file of the Nigerian Police Force from illegally accessing the phones of Nigerians.

The ban was contained in a circular to Police Commands across the country.

The instruction from the Inspector General of Police became necessary



due to some police men who would flout privacy rights of law abiding citizens by stopping and searching their phones without recourse to legal processes.



Officer in Charge of Complaint Response Unit (CRU) of the Nigeria Police, Abayomi Shogunle tweeted:

With this order, the Police are unable to search phones of civilians under any pretext without first obtaining a search warrant from a competent court of jurisdiction.

Will it stand or just media promotion because that of bail is free is still not functioning

Bail is even better what would you say of someone who made a report of rubbery case to the police and was charged to pay a fine for reporting the incident late.

na today?? All this yeye policemen no go concur and obey.