THE NEW DRESS CODE OF THE NIGERIA POLICE IS ILLEGAL, ULTRA VIRES AND SHOULD BE REVERSED

On March 4, 2022, the Inspector-General of Police purported to unveil a new dress code for the Nigeria Police Force, especially female officers, who are to be allowed to wear coverings or hijab, etc.

The religion of public officers, including members of the security agencies, should be a private matter to them. The Inspector-General of Police is not competent to use the platform of his office to enforce religion.

Section 10 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria stipulates that Government and all its agencies should be neutral in religious matters.

Section 42 of the same Constitution prohibits discrimination in all its ramifications. In this regard, there will be no end to confusion attending the new dress code prescribed by the IGP.

What will be the official uniform for police women who are in the Catholic Church?

How should policemen and women who are in the Celestial Church dress up when the practice of their church is against wearing shoes at all?

And how should traditionalists who are in the police force dress up, with charms and amulets round their uniforms?

The Nigeria Police has existed as an institution since 1945 and it is strange that of all the issues confronting that agency, such as low morale, poor welfare, poor infrastructure, poor training, poor welfare, etc, religious adornment should be the priority of the Inspector-General of Police.

The police should focus on combating crime, improve citizens engagement and help guaranty safety of lives and property. The religious preferences of policemen and women should be their private matters.

Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN
05/03/2022

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I said it

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Buhari should sack this common thief dude is trying to pleased Buhari.

The IG is not serious walahi..

This country Need Rebooting.....

Why is every news coming from this country today so embarrassing and annoying

Will the hijab make them better police officers? Instead of reforming and repositioning the police for better service delivery, we are concerned about introducing garbs that will polarize the force on religions line. Smh.

Toh

They should kuku allow the female police officers to be wearing burqa in order to make them effective in their duty

Eish

It is over for futa jallon Nigeria
The next endsars will be grand finale

This is exactly why Russia invaded Ukraine – suspicious behaviour.

Lipscomb:
Buhari should sack this common thief dude is trying to pleased Buhari.

He is doing what Buhari sent him, that was why Buhari donated $1m to Alqaeda
But they are all stupid and unthinking! Wearing of religious cloth will immediately identify a police officer during the usual crises we normally have in Nigeria and that may be negative or positive for such officer. Let us assume that a female police officer is caught up in a Christian area of Plateau/Jos during one of their numerous crises or in Kano, the rest is best left for our imaginations.

Werey country

We are not a serious country, simple.

Well said. They don’t seem interested in using the matter underneath their skulls. They just keep pushing religious matters like national priorities. Smh.




Once again, the next president, excluding the Mandate Stander, have work to do.

Lipscomb:
Buhari should sack this common thief dude is trying to pleased Buhari.

Is Buhari not part of game?

Shebi na islam? Na the normal thing be that.
That religion get preferential treatment for Nigeria and in the constitution.

Thanks!

Werey, go and reverse it now.


Even British police allows hijab




THERE ARE MORE THAN 80 MILLION MUSLIMS IN NIGERIA, NOBODY CAN DENY US OUR RIGHTS. NOBODY!!!

Jokers, even your Masters US and UK allow Muslim female police officers use their hijab if they wish to.

It is obvious your hatred for Islam supersedes your desires to worship your masters US and UK.

The only thing Nigerians are always interested in are how to worship in a foreign way

I think the best solution is for a referendum to hold and everyone should go their separate ways.. these Northerners are not progressive people atal but religious fanatics..

So traditionalists in police too now should wear their juju necklace and igbadi to be beating suspects with charms abi?
Anything islam must always come with trouble, same way they are misbehaving in Kwara state today.

Nigeria is NOT and WILL NEVER be an islamic country. All these one you people are doing is joke. When people ready for una, una head go correct.

Section 10 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria stipulates that Government and all its agencies should be neutral in religious matters.

Section 42 of the same Constitution prohibits discrimination in all its ramifications. In this regard, there will be no end to confusion attending the new dress code prescribed by the IGP.

Ode oponu lawyer, he actually made the government's point and the need to be neutral.

The constitution bars the federal and state governments from adopting a state religion, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for individuals' freedom to choose, practice, propagate, or change their religion

Being neutral means you allow people to freely practice their religion as enshrined in our constitution. You can not discriminate against any religion or how it's practiced and propagated. Wearing hijabs is how people practice and propagate their religion.

These ignorant kabukabu lawyers actually reason like 2-year-old kids, their own religious arrogance comes first before Nigeria and other religious practices.

In America and the western world where you coppy demiicracy, they wear hijabs..

sinkhole:
He is doing what Buhari sent him, that was why Buhari donated $1m to Alqaeda
But they are all stupid and unthinking! Wearing of religious cloth will immediately identify a police officer during the usual crises we normally have in Nigeria and that may be negative or positive for such officer. Let us assume that a female police officer is caught up in a Christian area of Plateau/Jos during one of their numerous crises or in Kano, the rest is best left for our imaginations.

Isn't that what they are trying to do?.. before you know it now, they'll start posting all the Christian officers to muslim terrorists infested North to be getting killed there while their hijab wearing sisters will all be sent to peaceful West.
It's now I'm just seeing clearly the islamization agenda that ex-Military intelligence chief was talking about.

seunmsg:
Will the hijab make them better police officers? Instead of reforming and repositioning the police for better service delivery, we are concerned about introducing garbs that will polarize the force on religions line. Smh.

Christians, traditionalists etc. must all wake up now to reject this nonsense.. Nigeria is a secular nation and not an islamic nation and our police, military and paramilitary must remain neutral.

What is the usefulness of CAN sef? it's only politics those ones are going after.

Is iit until they move to forceful conversion of other religions to islam that our people will wake up? when it's already too late.

flokii:


Isn't that what they are trying to do?.. before you know it now, they'll start posting all the Christian officers to muslim terrorists infested North to be getting killed there while their hijab wearing sisters will all be sent to peaceful West.
It's now I'm just seeing clearly the islamization agenda that ex-Military intelligence chief was talking about.

Do you Igbos terrorists not slaughter, behead and roast the Northern policemen posted to your ipob villages?

Do you Igbos ever look in the mirror?

flokii:


Christians, traditionalists etc. must all wake up now to reject this nonsense.. Nigeria is a secular nation and not an islamic nation and our police, military and paramilitary must remain neutral.

What is the usefulness of CAN sef? it's only politics those one are going after.

Is iit until they move to forceful conversion of other religions to islam that our people will wake up? when it's already too late.

I don’t have a problem with any religion because I don’t subscribe to any but I think when it comes to public service, we should de-emphasize religion and promote what can improve service delivery.

Will wearing hijab to school help the students learn better? Will wearing hijab help a policewoman do her job better? The only thing we’re going to achieve with this hijab thing is to further divide ourselves and promote religious bigotry. It adds nothing to improve the system.

Misplaced priority.
Na only Nigeria Muslim or Islam dey?
Islamization of Nigeria is their agenda.
President Buhari donated $1m to Taliban and OIC appreciated him while no money to give to ASUU for school to resume.

JAMO84:
Werey, go and reverse it now.


Even British police allows hijab




THERE ARE MORE THAN 80 MILLION MUSLIMS IN NIGERIA, NOBODY CAN DENY US OUR RIGHTS. NOBODY!!!

The essence of uniforms is to make everybody appear similar with no fear or favour.

If some members of the police force are to waer religious garbs, the police will no longer appear to be neutral and it will polarize the police along religious lines.

By the way, what will happen if all non-muslims also decide to waer their religious garbs to work?

NGpatriot:





Do you Igbos terrorists not slaughter, behead and roast the Northern policemen posted to your ipob villages?

Do you Igbos ever look in the mirror?

Oh don't be silly you Yoruba mooslim

Flokii is a Yoruba Christian and you know it

Provided those ladies will wear it smartly, I don't give a damn.

BeardedmeatR:
Oh don't be silly you Yoruba mooslim

Flokii is a Yoruba Christian and you know it

You Igbos are not the first ipobian Christian terrorists to deny their ipobian Christian terrorist identities and you won't be the last..