Usman Baba, the IGP, has directed that anyone or any organization selling police uniforms and accessories without a license be detained and prosecuted.
CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), made this claim in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
According to him, the IG-P had ordered all Commands, Formations, the IG-P Monitoring Unit, Provost Marshals, and X-Squad to make sure that offenders within their jurisdiction were promptly apprehended and prosecuted in accordance with the law.
The IG-P warned people to stop immediately or risk facing the full force of the law if they continue to make films or skits that negatively characterize police officers without first applying for and receiving a permit letter for such portrayals.
Baba affirmed that the force would work to ensure that the law would be followed, and he added that the FPRO had been instructed to assure fast approval of all requests to use police equipment in motion pictures.
Such applications, according to him, would be approved in accordance with current rules, reflect excellent morals, leave a favorable impression on Nigerians, and benefit the system.
“I strongly believe that such sanity in movies production, regulation of sales, possession and usage of police uniforms and accoutrements will definitely impact positively on resuscitating moral values.
“It will correct wrong perceptions and ideologies towards commissioning of crimes in our society.
“It is obvious that this step will surely curb proliferation of Police kits, uniforms and accoutrements and eventually reduce police impostors-induced crimes,” he said.
