The Kwara State Commissioner of
Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has warned police officers in the command against
searching people’s phones.
According to the police boss who
addressed the officers at the command headquarters in Ilorin yesterday Thursday
May 2nd, it was unethical for officers to search people’s phone.
He noted that doing such is
tantamount to extortion which is a criminal offence that attracts a stiff
penalty.
“It’s unethical to seize and
start searching anybody’s mobile phone on the road. The practice of searching
the phone of an individual on the road for evidence of internet fraud amounts
to conducting a roadside investigation,” he stated
Speaking further, he said
“In some of these cases, the
young men mostly university undergraduates are made to part with a little or as
much as N2,000 for their releases or the release of their phones. The Command
frowns at this ugly trend and will stop at nothing in identifying and dealing
with culprits of these acts. It becomes a criminal offence if that (search)
intends in extortion or done with an intent to extort. Al policemen in this
command, especially patrolmen are constantly being reminded that extortion
while bearing firearms completes the ingredients of the offence of armed
robbery.
“Henceforth, any policeman found
to be engaging in any form of extortion while armed on the highway will be
arrested, detained, tried and if found guilty, dismissed and charged with armed
robbery,” he said.
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