Some Inspectors and rank and file had told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they obtained their uniforms from the open market. The Nigeria Police Force said that it would arrest and prosecute anyone caught selling police uniforms in the open market.Some Inspectors and rank and file had told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they obtained their uniforms from the open market.The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Moshood Jimoh, told NAN that the practice was against the police rules and regulations.“Anybody found selling police uniforms in the open market would be arrested and prosecuted because it is against the police rules and regulations,“ Jimoh said.He also said that it would be wrong for any policeman in the rank and file and Inspector category to say that he or she obtained uniforms from the open market.“It is not correct. I wouldn’t know who you must have spoken with, but it is not the practice in the Nigeria Police Force for policemen to obtain their uniforms from the open market,“he said.
