Power abuse: Reps demand body cameras for security agents.

Members of the House of Representatives during plenary

The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to provide body cameras to be attached to officers and men of security agencies in Nigeria and create situation rooms across the country to monitor their activities.

The body cameras, the House argued, will help checkmate cases of abuse of power and human rights.

The House urged the government at all levels to provide body cameras for all security operatives including Nigeria Customs Service on duty across the country.

Furthermore, the House mandated its Committees on Police Affairs; Army; and National Security and Intelligence to ensure compliance with the resolution.

The resolution was based on a motion moved at the plenary on Thursday by a member, Chinedu Martins, titled ‘Need to Provide Body-Worn Cameras for Security Operatives in the Country and Create a Situation Room.’

Moving the motion, Martins noted that the security of lives and properties of the citizens is a primary responsibility of the government.

According to him, security agencies have been exploring solutions to mitigate the growing insecurity in the country, especially considering the lack of adherence to rules of engagement on the part of security operatives on duty.

The lawmaker also noted that a body camera is a wearable audio-visual or photographic system that integrates with in-car video and used to record events involving law enforcement officers in order to improve transparency and accountability of law enforcement agencies.

Martins said, “The House is concerned about allegations of harassment, extortion, and extrajudicial killings of citizens by security operatives, which often results in reprisals and uprising by the citizens.

“The House is convinced that security operatives, who often experience litigious scrutiny over their conduct in the discharge of their duties, ought to wear body cameras in order to have picture and video evidence of their activities;

“The House is cognisant that the body cameras will keep the security operatives in check, considering the massive allegations of human rights violation by security operatives and lack of evidence to indict them.

“The House is also cognisant that the introduction of body cameras will not only douse tension and promote trust and professionalism among the security agencies but will also institutionalise the rules of engagement to foster a harmonious relationship between security operatives and the citizenry.”

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Bodycamera in Nigeria, how possible?

Which angel will check transmissions from the cameras? Which sustainable internet will transmit coverage from the camera? Who will even monitor the officers to ensure they wear the camera? Una just wan open another embezzlement format. Lekki Tollgate cameras were removed, body cameras are small enough to be easily removed. Who will honestly and diligently manage the footage? One governor will just order the person to delete the dirty footage of the governor's boy.

A whole airport authority and its almighty computers could not stop Kyari. Mental rehabilitation is the key thing. The government should invest in humanities. If you like, bring Angel Michael to work in naija, corruption cannot stop. The mind is the greatest weapon(tool). Even CBN transactions are doctored. Which camera or equipment is missing in CBN?

Long overdue

Body cam in naija...

No police station in Nigeria has a computer. They should start with that.

If kyari can cook cocaine deals in a car so openly, body cam won't be an issue for Nigerian police officers when they want to misbehave. They always know what to do.

lol which electricity dem go use charge the cam na wetin go b Police first excuse be dat....



Before dere oga come budget money for diesel for charging Bodycam...

immortalcrown:
Which angel will check transmissions from the cameras? Which sustainable internet will transmit coverage from the camera? Who will even monitor the officers to ensure they wear the camera? Una just wan open another embezzlement format. Lekki Tollgate cameras were removed, body cameras are small enough to be easily removed.

Oga even in developed countries the cameras save to a hard drive. Only high level raids have live streaming cams.

Tinubu na criminal

He single handedly caused the end Sars killings

he'll answer for the innocent blood one day

Simplelion:
Bodycamera in Nigeria, how possible?

Don't mind them

Very good and thank you honourable we need more of this motion from our lawmakers not corrupt politicians immunity all the time

Lolpl

zeal22:


Oga even in developed countries the cameras save to a hard drive. Only high level raids have live streaming cams.

don't mind all this olodo for they first time our lawmakers remember sensible law not all the senseless law like immunity for corrupt politicians

Ok what if they switch off the camera to perform their nefarious act.

We never see Light take charge our phones, them say na body camera, lolz. So una mean say black man nor get mind of his own, anything way America do, we day like to do. Which Network una wan Use? Wait oh, country way e be say if u nor get credit for ur phone, u nor fit call police. Even police can't call for extra back up with e own phone, because e nor get credit. Lolz. Country way u go report incident for police station, police go say them nor get fuel for motor. Most times, before police go even follow u go crime scene, them go say make u mobilize them with money. Lolz. Abeg, i nor wan hear this matter again , abeg.

Nigeria national assembly just started to wake up. I totally support the use of body camera for security agents across the land. In addition, proper computerization of divisional police stations. The control rooms can be located in all the various states police headquarters. Training and retraining of officers. The plenty money been stolen by government officials can be redirected to fund these projects.



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Very good. I no Wan hear say e get low battery or e no dey on o! Make una no spoil lawyer work finish!

This is how it is done in sane climes we want our country to be like.

One day soon, we will get there as a nation.

Nigeria will be great in our lifetime.

God bless Nigeria and all good, sane, hardworking and honest Nigerians.

They are going to hell

I support this with my full chest

OK

Burgerlomo:


Don't mind them

Very dry meme

Na water wey fish dey live they still cook am finally.

Never trust Nigerian politicians and Nigerian police. Na the same school syllabus them dey use only say politians dey butter private school and police dey public ajepako school.

Make una make an law and empower citizens to use phone dey record any conversations with security agents and post am live make I see weather any police go act James bond for Naija.

Another "not ready approach". We never readywon do anything,na whywe go dey bring impossibility to the fore. Make we effect the basic things first.

Police that doesn't like to wear his uniform with name tags in the first place,where he won attach camera?

Body cam wey them no go turn on

This story sounds very much like French. Because I can't understand anything there.

Dem one waste our money on stupid contracts.

We dont need it.

Providing body cameras won't be enough cos Nigerian security forces must find a way to circumvent its uses, mostly by not turning it on when they want to commit crimes. Punishment for turning it off must be spelt out .