Inibehe Effiong, Human rights lawyer, says the use of police uniforms by skitmaker, Abdulgafar Ahmad, better known as Cute Abiola, for entertainment purpose is not illegal.
Recall that Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, had on Thursday, said the skitmaker would be prosecuted for violating the provisions of the law “with regards to the use of uniforms”.
However, the human rights activist on Friday tackled the police spokesman, saying “entertainers use military and police uniforms globally for their art and craft.
“If the Magistrate Court even agrees with your argument, a fine may be imposed and I don’t see how forty Naira fine on Cute Abiola will improve the revenue of the police or the federal government.
“Rather than dissipate your energy trying to fight skit makers for depicting the police in a way you’re not comfortable with, you should use that energy to curtail the menace, lawlessness and wanton corruption of policemen whose endless abuse of power is what has actually brought the uniform and the Force into contempt.
“By the way, you will have to define what constitutes a “police uniform” as provided for by law, and also prove beyond reasonable doubt that what Cute Abiola wore in the skit is a police uniform. It is not as simple as ABC. Law is not a joke. Criminal Litigation is not skit.”
