The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated on Sunday that the police have the right and ability to undertake any strategy to combating crime and criminality in Nigeria, as is the case in other countries.
Recalls that the NBA Section on Public Interest had previously given a seven-day ultimatum to Egbetokun to stop asking car owners to register and get a CMRIS certificate for a charge of at least N6,000.
NBA-SPIDEL questioned the legal foundation for the Nigeria Police Force’s issuing of CMRIS Certificates, claiming that no legislation gave the police the right to provide such licences or certificates to car owners after registration at the authorised offices.
The call was made in a letter to the Inspector General of Police, which was signed by NBA-SPIDEL Chairman John Aikpokpo-Martins and Secretary Funmi Adeogun.
However, in a statement issued on Sunday, Adejobi criticised the report, claiming that no agency can take up the police’s initiative and that the police have been releasing CMR for decades, making it neither a new tactic nor a document.
The statement read:
“This is unfounded, fake, and misleading. The NBA as a body will react to this. Stop spreading fake news. Who are those who made the statement or declaration, and in what capacity?
“I challenge you to share the press statement with me, then we can talk.
“Do your investigation on this. The police have the right and powers to initiate any approach to curb crimes and criminality in Nigeria, as it’s applicable in other climes.”
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