Police React As NBA Issues Seven Days Ultimatum To IGP To Stop CMRIS Certificate Issuance

The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has reacted after the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest (NBA-SPIDEL) gave the Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, a seven-day ultimatum to reverse the Central Motor Information System Certificate issuance to motorists.

Naija News reported that NBA had questioned the legal basis for the Nigeria Police Force’s issuance of the CMRIS Certificates, stating that no law had granted the police the authority to issue such licences or certificates to vehicle owners following vehicle registration at the appropriate offices.

It has demanded an immediate halt to the issuance and enforcement of the CMRIS Certificates, urging the Inspector General of Police to issue a directive stopping the practice nationwide.

Additionally, the association has called for the shutdown of the registration website and physical registration centres, with refunds to be made to those who had already paid.

In a statement via X on Sunday, Adejobi said that the police have the right and powers to initiate any approach to curb crime and criminality in Nigeria, as applicable in other climes.

The police spokesman revealed that the security agency has been issuing CMR for decades, so it is not a new strategy or document, adding that no agency can take the police up on the initiative.

The statement reads, “This is unfounded, fake, and misleading. The NBA as a body will react to this. Stop spreading fake news. Who are those who made the statement or declaration, and in what capacity? I challenge you to share the press statement with me, then we can talk.

“Do your investigation on this. The police have the right and powers to initiate any approach to curb crimes and criminality in Nigeria, as it’s applicable in other climes.

“The police have been issuing CMR for decades, so it’s not even a new strategy or document.

“No agency can take the police up on this initiative. They will rather key into it, harmonise the system for the good of the country, and its citizenry.”

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