The Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, has taken steps to capture and indict people, film and drama producers over unapproved utilization of police garbs and packs.
In an explanation on Sunday, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, said the IGP has similarly scowled at the disparaging way wherein film producers and drama creators depict the police establishment in their motion pictures and plays, utilizing the police uniform without response to the arrangement of segment 251 of the Criminal Code regulation, and segment 133 of the Penal Code Law which condemn such unapproved use with going with vital approvals.
The assertion said the IGP, hence, charged all orders and developments, the IGP Monitoring Unit, executive marshals and X-Squad, to capture and promptly indict, as per the law, all people or gathering of people taking part in the unlawful deals of police regalia and accessories inside their wards, while film or production creators who depict the Nigeria Police Force officials in terrible light, without applying for, and being properly given a license letter for such depictions, to halt with quick impact or face the full fury of the law.
It said the IGP further emphasizes the responsibility of the Force to ensuring consistence with regulation, as the Force Public Relations Officer has been accused of the errand of guaranteeing brief authorisation for all applications for endorsements of utilization of police things in films, pair with the surviving regulations and which will depict great qualities, dazzle emphatically on the Nigerian public, enhance our framework, give cops current advancements to effectively do policing obligations and on-screen good examples who might impact their lives and vocation; and thusly further develop security components in Nigeria.
“The Inspector-General of Police unequivocally accepts that such mental soundness in motion pictures creation, guideline of deals, ownership and use of police regalia and accessories will affect emphatically on reviving virtues, and adjusting incorrectly discernments and philosophies towards appointing of wrongdoings in our general public.