The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, in a circular, has directed that policemen should desist from illegally accessing people’s mobile phones.
IG bans illegal accessing of citizens' mobile phones by officers
This was made known by the Officer in Charge of the Complaint Response Unit of the Nigerian Police Force in a tweet shared via his Twitter handle.
Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase
This was made known by the Officer in Charge of the Complaint Response Unit of the Nigerian Police Force, Mr. Yomi Shogunle, in a tweet shared via his Twitter handle.
According to the tweet, the IG has directed that a ban be placed on illegal accessing of mobile phones by men of the Nigerian Police Force in a bid to protect rights to privacy and family life.
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Officers of the Nigerian Police Force have been found to access people’s mobile phones under the guise of their search of ‘Yahoo boys’ also known as Internet fraudsters.
See the tweet by Shogunle stating the IG’s new directive below:
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