The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the
arrest and prosecution of skit and movie makers who use the police uniform
without approval.
The order was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by
Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer.
The statement also decried the illegal sale of police
materials and accoutrements by traders in shops, and open stores not approved
nor recognized by the police authority.
The statement added that the IGP equally frowned at the
“demeaning manner in which movie makers and skit makers portray the police
institution in their movies and skits, using the police uniform without
recourse to the provision of Section 251 of the Criminal Code law, and Section
133 of the Penal Code Law which criminalise such unauthorised use with
accompanying necessary sanctions.
“The IGP, therefore, charged all commands and formations,
the IGP Monitoring Unit, Provost Marshals, and X-Squad, to arrest and
immediately prosecute, in accordance with the law, all persons or groups of
persons engaging in the illegal sales of police uniforms and accoutrements
within their jurisdictions, while film or skit makers who portray the Nigeria
Police Force officers in a bad light, without applying for, and being duly
issued a permit letter for such portrayals, to desist with immediate effect or
face the full wrath of the law.
“The IGP further reiterates the commitment of the Force to
guaranteeing compliance with the law, as the Force Public Relations Officer has
been charged with the task of ensuring prompt authorisation for all
applications for approvals of usage of police items in movies, in tandem with
the extant laws and which will portray good values, impress positively on the
Nigerian public, add value to our system, provide police officers with modern
innovations to actively carry out policing duties and on-screen role models who
would influence their lives and career; and consequently improve security
mechanisms in Nigeria.
“The Inspector-General of Police strongly believes that such
sanity in movie production, regulation of sales, possession, and usage of
police uniforms and accoutrements will definitely impact positively on
resuscitating moral values and correcting 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 in our society”
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