Lagos CP Bans Policemen Patrolling on Mufti, Commercial Vehicles, ...Gives out Complaint Lines, SARS dress code
Rebecca Ejifoma
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal
Imohimi, has banned policemen in the state from operating in mufti as well as
in commercial vehicles.
Imohimi made this known in a statement issued Tuesday
as part of efforts to ensure that policemen in the state are at their
professional best always.
“Unmarked vehicles will only be used occasionally
for covert operations targeted at a specific individual or group based on
credible intelligence,” Edgal said.
According to him, the command is aware that some
unscrupulous individuals are impersonating as SARS operatives. To this end, he
urged the public to take note of the dress code of SARS operatives in the command.
He said the dress code is a black jacket and a fez
cap; the word police is written in white at the top right of the jacket; the
bottom left part of the jacket has F-SARS 039 written there; ‘F-SARS LAGOS',
‘SCORPION’ are written on the fez cap and at the back of the jacket has red
image of a scorpion.
Edgal had on assumption of office set up a Citizen
Complaint Hot Centre (CCHC) with the following telephone lines solely dedicated
for lodging complaints against wrong actions of
policemen.
These numbers are: 08067945296, 08063025274,
08063104759, 08113615350, 08113683077, 08096283148, 08096283173, 08089781657,
08126404930 and 08081426895.
“The public should always make their complaints
against erring policemen including those who violate the patrol guidelines and
the dress code," Edgal enjoined.
He urged further that Lagosians should call any of
the lines above, and that the complainants could also reach the command on the
social media platforms (Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram) via @policenglagos.
The command, as part of its disciplinary measures,
recently dismissed eight policemen for various offences against the discipline.
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