SmartyPants:


I don't know if you even understand what you are saying.

1. I am telling you what the police said. Not what i think. WHAT THE POLICE SAID.

2.
a. Spy police has its own separate uniform which is not the same as that of the conventional police. Spy police are not authorised to use any of the conventional police uniforms.

Wearing it is impersonation.

b. One of those ladies put on a rank higher than her Spy police rank. That is also impersonation.

Please comprehend before you comment.

nony43:






Was the difference?

naptu2:
This issue has cropped up again.

There was a lot of controversy between 2013 and 2016 because pictures and videos of some people in police uniform doing certain things that policemen were not supposed to do, went viral on social media. I realised that those people were SPY policemen, but many people did not know this and so they insulted the Police Force.


The Inspector General of Police therefore banned SPY policemen from wearing police uniforms and he announced that a special uniform would be designed for them. A Nairaland thread about the new uniforms got to the home page in 2016 and a lot of people wrote that the police was stupid because spies do not wear uniforms.

I had to explain that these were not spies, they were supernumerary policemen. I explained that sometimes when there were not enough policemen, the police could deputise civilians and this enables them to perform some police functions and assist the Police Force. I explained that the word supernumerary meant extra or excess number.

I said that in Nigeria there are some organisations that need extra police services. These organisations include universities, banks, some government agencies, oil companies, etc. These organisations could apply to the police to train some of their employees as supernumerary policemen. These employees usually include security guards and drivers. They attend a special school that has been set up by the police (in Ikeja) and they are trained by policemen.

I can't remember all the rules, but they are not allowed to carry out certain police function, while they can assist the police in other functions. Most of their duties are carried out within the premises of the organisation that they work for, but they can also assist the police outside that organisation.

Since the 2013-2016 controversies, SPY policemen have been banned from wearing regular police uniforms. They must wear the SPY police uniform and those from the rank or ASP above must not wear any uniform at all.

Two women SPY police officers recently posted videos of themselves partying, riding luxury yachts, helicopters and travelling all over Dubai. Among the pictures and videos that they posted are pictures and videos of themselves wearing regular police uniforms and one of them was wearing the uniform of an ASP. As you can expect, lots of people have insulted the police because of those pictures and videos.

The IGP subsequently suspended them, but some people are claiming that the women did nothing wrong and that spies sometimes have to live lavish lives in order to blend in.

naptu2:


Many police forces around the world have auxiliary policemen (civilians who have been deputised/appointed to perform some police tasks). These auxiliary policemen are kind of like the reserve force of the police.

Organisations in Nigeria such as banks, oil companies, universities, etc that need police protection for their facilities/workers and organisations that want their security guards and drivers to have some police skills can apply to the Inspector General of Police or the Commissioner of police.

The organisations would nominate their staff and also state the nature of the facility/person that is to be protected and why they want police protection. The nominated employees would then undergo a 3 months course at the Police Training School, Ikeja (paid for by their organisation).

Supernumerary policemen are paid by their organisation and they are enrolled in the supernumerary police programme from month to month. They would need to give a month's notice before resigning from the supernumerary police programme.

The officers have the powers, privileges and immunities of a police officer within the area he is appointed. They are thus permitted to wear police uniforms.

naptu2:


What I read this morning/afternoon reminded me of a very funny thread that was created a few years ago.

The Inspector General of Police announced that a separate uniform was going to be designed for SPY policemen, in order to reduce the problem of mistaken identity. Some Nairalanders went crazy when they saw the thread.

"What is wrong with this country? How can spies have uniforms? Wouldn't it be easy for people to identify them if they wore uniforms?" were the comments all the way through the thread. I had to explain that SPY policemen are supernumerary policemen and I also explained what that meant.

It was announced today that the IGP has banned the use of SPY license plates and ordered policemen to retrieve all such license plates that are being used. He said that civilians that use the SPY plates should not be arrested, but the plates should be retrieved, but policemen and other security agents that use SPY plates should be arrested.

One guy that responded to the tweet claimed that SPY meant "Special Protection, but I don't know what the Y is for".

Eastcoastboy:
Why are they half unclad tho?

tyrone07:


I guess you did not read the part I said you should refer to the police act 2020! I am fully aware of what was said in the Video by the FPRO and I am clearly telling you what the law stipulates. It is clearly stated that the uniform and rank of the Supernumeary police are the same. Go and read it and come back with your argument.

But incase it is too much for you to Navigate go to section V pages 21 to 24 where it deals with the appointment of Supernumerary police officers

Now number 3 under section V of the act states that
3) Every Supernumerary
Officer appointed under this section and section 22 and section 23
d)
i) SHALL BE A MEMBER OF THE POLICE for all purposes
ii) Subject to the provisions of act particular the provisions relating to discipline

4) Where any Supernumerary police officer is appointed the private or government availing its services of the officer shall pay
a) All entitlements including salary and allowances to the officer monthly
b) On the enlisting of the officer, the full cost of the officers uniform and accoutrements including the ceremonial dress which is
i) THE SAME AS THE POLICE GENERAL DUTY
ii) Shall be paid to the police is a designated account approved by the inspector general of Police


I dont want to join issues with the FPRO but he mentioned in the briefing that they are not members of the police that the are SPY officers.
That language is unknown to the Police act.

Secondly on the issue of uniform putting on black over black is not an offense of impersonation as the badges worn by the ladies clearly indicated which unit they belong to in the police.

Trust me if they were impersonating they would have been charged.

** I want to reiterate that they were wrong for the TIK TOK video that went viral as it goes against the social media rules and guidelines set by the IGP

RealLordZeus:
Daddy has solid points coz redeeming NPF public image is nearly an impossible task and they need all the help they can get.

However rules are made for the reason, if the women think they can break the social media rules, sooner or later, they will start mounting checkpoints too.


But left to me, no need sanctioning them

Cantonese:
Kerosene is now at N900, gas permanently revolving between N850 and N900 depending on the location.

Hypocrites in action. The left the present economic hardship imposed by them on all Nigerians, including themselves to tackle the young women who earn their living peacefully.

Agonizingly
Painful
Congress

Surely the two sisters have not been escaping the adulterous and fornicating eyes of the ogas in black uniform.

Na dem go still beg the girls for attention.

Jagbajantis intete

SmartyPants:


1. My comment was as to the reason why they were charged not the validity of the reason.

That is to say that they were not suspended for the video but for the uniform, whether rightly or wrongly.

2. Secondly you are basking in ignorance if you do not know that administrative law is not solely found within acts, but is also contained within regulations and orders. The Spy police are prohibited from using that uniform by order of the Igp.

Please go and be a nuisance elsewhere.

Juanmike:
Olosho dey NPF too?

LeoDeKing:

Mr shinedu, by implication, if Emeka were the head of the police, that is how his police will be showing "humane face"?

So getting naked like olosho is how to show humane face?

When your online country materialise, you can tell Shukudi to be showing humane face like these runz gals hiding behind Nigerian police Force.

Odetokun3:
He can just start his own policing company and hire them.

Of all the current problems of this country. Na this one Daddy Showkey see analyze.

Every job has its rules. If you can’t follow. Try the next job.

hope4nigeria:
yeye dey worry you, so what you like about police is that of 'E dey carry me go where I nor no' abi, primitive brain.

toxtimmy:
What about the rules around taking bribe, illegal road block, kidnapp, false arrest, physical beating of citizens, stealing, kidnapping etc. done by the Nigerian police?

What a person does in their spare time is their business as far as no laws are broken...frankly, the next geruan police uniform is not worth cleaning your toilet but yet you want to use an shine on nairalane? To each one their own.

By the way you know how many side kick outside marriage all police senior staff have?...

DOM7:
We are always quick to fight back what we feel is right for us at the same time glamouring for change, Nigeria police force is not a show biz and that's what they signed and take an oath for it can not be reframe because of them, the entertainment industry is big enough to accommodate them.

Odetokun3:
He can just start his own policing company and hire them.

Of all the current problems of this country. Na this one Daddy Showkey see analyze.

Every job has its rules. If you can’t follow. Try the next job.

naptu2:
People don't understand that the women are supernumerary policewomen and they are not supposed to wear those uniforms.

asanausana91:
and who is your mother?

patwilly:

Supernumerary? What's that mean?

Odetokun3:
He can just start his own policing company and hire them.

Of all the current problems of this country. Na this one Daddy Showkey see analyze.

Every job has its rules. If you can’t follow. Try the next job.

RighteousI:
I cry for those gullible guys that believe that such women that dress, act and form posh are big girls from rich families.

Assuming that a guy met these indecent policewomen as they were in the pix, he would have believed that are from otedola or adeleke family.

But they are just ordinary and local pidgin english speaking constables on 40k per month salary.

Yet some gullible guys will first go and use Listerine mouthwash and mentos mints before toasting such women just because they are wearing bikini which unknown to the guys, are actually foreign used, okrika bikinis.

Guys, let this be a lesson.

On the other hand, may be these policewomen want the top officers to carry them.