- CP Funsho Adegboye, the Edo State Commissioner of Police, has emphasized compliance with this directive and instructed senior officers to oversee their subordinates and take disciplinary actions against any misconduct
The Edo State Police Command, following directives from the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has prohibited its officers from conducting routine phone searches during patrols and stop-and-search operations.
SP Chidi Nwabuzor, the spokesman for the Edo State Police, announced this in a release on Friday.
CP Funsho Adegboye, the Edo State Commissioner of Police, has emphasized compliance with this directive and instructed senior officers to oversee their subordinates and take disciplinary actions against any misconduct.
The statement reads: “This press release is to inform the general public especially the law abiding citizens of Edo State of the State Police Command’s position regarding searching of citizens’ phones by the operatives while on routine patrol. stop and search duties in the state.
“The Commissioner of Police Edo State, CP Funsho Adegboye, mni during a meeting with the Command’s strategic security managers re- echoed the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM on the ban on seaching of citizens’ phones when executing court order from the court of competent jurisdiction as it empowers them to carry out such duties therein in the course of investigation.”
However, Nwabuzor stated that the CP has sternly cautioned officers and soldiers to refrain from this unprofessional conduct of inspecting phones, adding that any officer discovered doing so will face severe punishments.
Adegboye has also advised the public to be patient with the police and report any officer who engages in unprofessional behaviour to these specific phone numbers: 07037376464, 08140275108, 08033726625, and 08164523045.
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