CP bars policemen from stop-and-search, extortion in Cross River

Commissioner of Police successful Cross River State, Rashid Afegbua, has banned unlawful stop-and-search, harassment, profiling, extortion and different unprofessional behaviour among constabulary unit successful the state.

He said specified acts are present strictly prohibited successful immoderate parts of the state, emphasising that immoderate unit recovered culpable volition beryllium sanctioned.

Afegbua gave the order today when helium launched the Violent Crime Response Unit, VCRU, successful enactment with the ongoing reforms successful the Nigeria Police Force and the provisions of the Nigeria Police Act, 2020.

He utilized the accidental to disband the tactical formations including the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, Anti-Kidnapping Squad, and Anti-Cultism Squad.

The CP said that the caller portion is established to supply swift, intelligence-led, and nonrecreational responses to kidnapping, equipped robbery, cult-related violence, and different convulsive crimes crossed the state.

He besides described the inaugural arsenic a strategical measurement towards modern, accountable, and community-oriented policing rooted successful professionalism, integrity, and respect for quality rights.

CSP Titus Udo...