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The Nigeria Police Force has stated it might punish skitmaker Abdulgafar Ahmad aka Cute Abiola for sporting a police uniform in his skits and for desecrating the Nigeria Police Force uniform withinside the process.
This become made recognized in a assertion signed through Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, and shared on Thursday.
Adejobi said, “In as a good deal because the regulation offers Nigerians the proper to experience their essential human rights, the identical regulation prohibits an individual, beneathneath anything guise, from rubbishing the police organization or grossly violating its provisions almost about using uniforms.
“We, therefore, vehemently condemn the contemptuous act displayed with the aid of using comic Abdulgafar Abiola, popularly recognised as “Cute Abiola,” in current skits published on his social media handles on twentieth and twenty fourth July 2023. The skits in query display a tremendously disrespectful and derogatory portrayal of the police uniform, an motion this is in direct violation of Section 251 of the Criminal Code and Section 133 of the Penal Code Law. Such acts aren’t best offensive however additionally undermine the integrity and dignity of the women and men who put on the uniform in provider to the nation.
“Abdulgafar Abiola can be investigated and likely prosecuted for his planned acts because the NPF had already warned skit makers and filmmakers to desist from desecrating their uniform or accoutrements. The Force is dedicated to upholding the sanctity of the uniform and could pursue due felony method to make sure responsibility for any man or woman or entity that seeks to convey disrepute to the uniform or the group it represents. We name on all individuals of the public, which include media personalities, to workout their freedom of expression responsibly and keep away from accomplishing movements that might erode public accept as true with in our respected regulation enforcement institutions “
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