Police Suspends Two Supernumerary Officers in Viral Video for Discreditable Conduct, Violation of Social Media Policy.
The Nigeria Police Force has suspended Supernumerary Police Officers, Obaze Blessing and Obaze Emmanuella Uju, over discreditable behavior and viol@tion of Social media policy.
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc( ), NPM, fdc, has issued strict caution at the incessant, unlawful and unwarranted use of Police Uniforms restrained to bonafide serving officials of the Nigeria Police Force. This is coming at the heels of the suspension of Supernumerary Police Officers, with instant effect, for breach of the provisions of the Police Act, 2020, and The Nigeria Police Guidelines for Recruitment/Promotion/Discipline of Supernumerary Police (SPY) 2013 via way of means of the Inspector-General of Police, as captured in a video published via way of means of one of the officials in a viral video on August 3, 2022.
According to declaration launched with the aid of using the force, The Supernumerary Police, through the blended outcomes of the Police Act, 2020 and the Nigeria Police Guidelines for Recruitment/Promotion/Discipline of Supernumerary Police (SPY),2013 turned into installed completely to supplement the offerings of ordinary Police Officers while wished with the aid of using Ministries, Departments and Agencies/Multi-National Companies, and Banks who make requests and upon approval pay for his or her education and cowl their emoluments during their engagement. (Sections 21-24 of the Police Act, 2020).
It examine in part;
The suspended supernumerary officials – Obaze Blessing with SPY quantity 5709, and Obaze Emmanuella Uju with SPY quantity 5708, decorated themselves in traditional police officials’ uniforms opposite to the code regulating the SPY service.
Similarly, One of them decorated the rank of Superintendent of Police that is opposite to extant laws.
Above all, they portrayed themselves withinside the viral video and different movies as undisciplined and unprofessional, in contravention of the Police Social Media Policy, with acts glorifying ill-gotten wealth and ill-morals, which has obtained extensive condemnation from contributors of the public”
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