The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has warned that any officer caught while mounting a checkpoint will be punished.
He said this during an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday.
Berating the culture of the roadblock, Mr. Adamu revealed that the force had set up a monitoring unit to ensure that officers comply with the checkpoint ban.
“To date, checkpoints in terms of roadblocks are banned, any police officer that engages in that is doing an illegal duty and if he is caught will answer for it,” the IGP said.
“What we have is stop and search; while you’re on patrol and you suspect a group of people or vehicles, then you stop them, ask questions. If you want to search, if you think there are any incriminating items in the vehicle, search, if you don’t see anything, they pass,” explained the police chief.
