Officers Not Authorised To Demand Customs Papers, Tinted Glass Permit from Motorists, Says Police

Police authorities have reiterated the fact that officers are not authorised to demand customs papers and tinted glass permit from motorists.

Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, made this known in a tweet on Sunday.

According to the tweet, police officers could demand customs papers from motorists only when they are on a joint patrol with officers of the Nigerian Customs Service.

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He said police officers have also been ordered to stop asking motorists for tinted glass permit since the authorities suspended the issuance of the permit last year.

Adejobi”s tweet reads: “No policeman should demand your customs papers. No. Except they are on joint operation, but not just on mere routine checks. And for now, we have suspended issuance of tinted glass permit, so we dont expect our men to disturb Nigerians on this.

“We are to stop any vehicle with tints, search the vehicles, and its occupants, but not to delay him for not having tinted glass permits. Report them if u are so delayed so that we ask them questions.”