3 Important Things You Need To Know As The IG Of Police Ban The Checking Of Phones And Laptops

 The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered police officers to put and end to the act of infringing on citizen's privacy by checking their phones, laptops and accessories.

 

 

For years now, the police has always insisted on checking peoples phones, laptops and accessories, as this has led to harassment,, forcefully snatching of phones, and abuse of innocent citizens, whereby the victim is then “billed” an amount to secure the release of their accessories.

 

The Inspector General of Police, today, Wednesday, announced that such an era is gone.

Read his statement below;

 

 

 

 

Following this, here are 3 important things you need to know as the IG of police ban the checking of phones and laptops.

1. Citizens should avoid giving their phones to police operatives who forcefully ask of their phones.

2. If you have no illegal stuff on your phone, avoid being extorted in the name of being labelled a yahoo boy.

3. According to the IG of police, the era of looking into people’s phones, which is supposed to be their private property, or looking at the type of vehicle they‘re using, or profiling them to see whether they‘re yahoo boys or not is gone. So, wise up.

 

 

Let's hope there will be a change now..

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