Nigeria: Police Warn Against Unauthorised Use of Siren

By Yemi Akinsuyi in Abuja
The Nigeria Police Force has warned unauthorised persons using siren on the highway to desist or face arrest and prosecution.
The police spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole, made this known on Tuesday, while speaking with journalists and listed the privileged users of siren to include the president, vice-president, senate president, speaker and their deputies.


Other are state governors and service chiefs, the inspector-general of police, general officers commanding, deputy inspectors-general of police, assistant inspectors-general of police, as well as commissioners of police.
Kolawole who said the police would rely on the government circular on use of siren, noted that the Force would not hesitate to arrest any unauthorised persons found using the siren.
"The police will not relent in their effort to carry out their duty. We will still go by the Federal government circular in implementing the directive, "Kolawole said, stressing that the police would always be on its guard to enforce law and order in the country
Kolawole who said the only authority with the sole right to issue the permit were; the inspector general of police and state commissioners of police, warned that the current police administration will not condone any act of public disorder.
She urged motorists to take advantage of the whistle blowing platform opportunity to report to the police any personnel who demanded money from them.
"We are saying that if people were paying before they should not do that any longer," she said.