According to Fayoade Adegoke, the commissioner of police for Lagos State, no police officer is allowed to inspect a Nigerian person’s phone.
He said that was the responsibility of the Police Force’s cyber branch and added that if a police officer had any suspicions, they would bring the suspect to the station so the phone could be checked.
According to a statement released on Sunday by Kunle Babarinde, the management of Melody FM, 107.7FM, the CP made this comment during his visit to the radio station on Wednesday in Iyana-Ipaja.
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He complimented the radio station on its information-gathering efforts.
Kayode called on the public to identify dishonest police officers while restating that bail was unfettered.
If you believe a police officer has deceived you or is involved in corruption, please report the officer to his DPO. Inform the Area Commander if the DPO fails to respond. Although I think your situation will be resolved, if you continue to feel deceived, please contact me personally. The CP was reported in the release as stating, “My phone number is open to all Lagosians.”
“No policeman has the right to beat citizens,” the CP added. The folks that pay taxes to fund the government are us, the employers. We must thus treat you with the proper dignity.
Regarding phone searches, no police officer is authorized to do so. A police officer will take you to the station so they can inspect your phone if they find anything suspicious on it. We handle all of that through our cyber section,” he continued.