IGP Orders Immediate Removal Of Roadblocks By Revenue Agents, Transport Unions, Others



To give teeth to the order, said the statement, the IGP has deployed Special X-Squad Teams of the Police Force across the country to commence the removal of all forms of illegal inhibitors to vehicular movement across the country.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim K. Idris, has ordered the immediate dismantling of all illegal roadblocks erected by revenue collection agents, transport and trade union members as well as unapproved task forces around the country.

The order, which takes effect on Monday, was announced in a statement (Ref. No.CZ:5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.1/) issued on Sunday by Jimoh Moshood, Force Public Relations Officer.

To give teeth to the order, said the statement, the IGP has deployed Special X-Squad Teams of the Police Force across the country to commence the removal of all forms of illegal inhibitors to vehicular movement across the country.

"The Special X-Squad Teams deployed are under strict instructions to also arrest, investigate and prosecute any person or group of persons found committing this illegal act. It is unlawful and contrary to the laws for any individual, or group under any name to take laws into their hands and block any road or highway in full or any part of it under the guise of the collection of revenue/tax or enforcement of the interests of such organizations," the statement said.

The Force also drew attention to Section 2(2) of the Taxes and Levies Act 2004, which bars any person, including a tax authority from mounting a roadblock for the purpose of collecting tax or levy in any part of the country. It added that it has been receiving numerous complaints at police stations across the country that the illegal roadblocks are usually taken over and used by armed robbers and kidnappers.

Thus, the Police advised state and local government councils, state internal revenue boards, transport, and trade unions to desist from mounting roadblocks, as such constitutes a breach of the law.

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lalasticlala

As in, no more #20, #50 bribe collection by the ekelebes on our roads again?

E for beta...
Nigerian Pothieves Force

ademasta:
As in, no more #20, #50 bribe collection by the ekelebes on our roads again?

E for beta...
Nigerian Pothieves Force

Police in your area still dey collect N20?

Na lie. It's only effective on air and papers just as all Nigerian policies. The day police will stop harassing motorists for 'particulars' which they don't want the paper own, then I'll know we are heading to good and greater Nigeria. For now, it remains an imagination for the IGP.

Does that include the agbero in police uniforms and the ones without uniforms? I thought they were banned already by the last IGP

No wonder they were polite and professional along Kabba-Okene today .

I hear this all the time on the news
But no implementation on the ground
All roadblocks are illegal

Police are natural breakers of their own law anyway

If I understand correctly, he's not talking about his fellow men in black that demand N50, ILLEGALLY, at checkpoints. He's referring to those officials, usually LG men that block the road with spikes to collect money.

Edo State is notorious for revenue collectors roadblock.

Lagos and Ogun state.

Are they planning to pass more Boko Haram before blocking the roads again?

watch : Young soldier breaks side mirror of all violating vehicles to clear hold up


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVhv0ahaW3U

The said task forces are the police force. Useless like their uniform colour

even the police force is all three in one (revenue collection agents, transport and trade union members ) beggars

How many times will this order be given

It is not the normal police roadblocks that are for security purposes, it is the illegal roadblocks that they use to collect revenues.

Nigeria is the only country where a currency have a home and away jersey

Taa.. It can not work.

Tallesty1:
Police in your area still dey collect N20?

Smiles... Na #50 and above o

Na today

Impossicant!

Power tussle within the ordinary police and the IGP. He talks and the police ignores!! Watching how this turns out!! Foolish IGP

There was no mention of Police roadblock abi was it an intentional omission or it has been legalized.

Well, it's better late than never. ..but the Police have already made a killing from the "Roger" they've been creaming off Nigerians.
Only if these "egunje" was ever put to good use, they would've made more than any pension they could ever receive, for the rest of their lives.

luckman20:
Nigeria is the only country where a currency have a home and away jersey

Road Block



Leave ds pple i beg.. make dem dey chop dia money

Shit country

luckman20:
Nigeria is the only country where a currency have a home and away jersey

This guy really cracked my rib

luckman20:
Nigeria is the only country where a currency have a home and away jersey

Nigeria is the only country where everyone condenms everything and praises anything in other countries without the least knowledge of those other countries.

I've been hearing this kind order since many years,who is fooling who.when he's serious with the order, he will start by arresting and prosecuting the erring officers not some order from the comfort of his wife's chest

alezzy13:
If I understand correctly, he's not talking about his fellow men in black that demand N50, ILLEGALLY, at checkpoints. He's referring to those officials, usually LG men that block the road with spikes to collect money.

IG can ONLY convince Nigerians that his statement meant all road blocks, inclusive of Illegal Road Blocks by the Nigerian Police. He should also make sure that the police should stop moving about with painted and unpainted buses arresting and collecting money from individuals. He should also include that his men should stop harassing people by arresting them and asking them to bring their phone and also ordering them to unlock the phone for them to go through.

Only such highlighted above can make Nigerians to know that the IG is working. If the order is just for Agberos, then he has only ended up encouraging his men to extort money from these people.