Police has no right to check your phone – Lagos Police PRO gives Vital Reason

Dolapo Badmos who is the public relations officer of the Lagos state police command has said that no police has a right to go through an individual’s phone as it is a private property.

In a chat on Linda Ikeji TV, Badmos shed more light on the issue insisting it was wrong for the police to go through a person’s phone.

She explained that except the police have no right to do so, it should not be allowed as people have a lot of private things on their mobile phones She said:

‘Your phone is private, it’s your private property because people do alot of private stuffs on their mobile phones so it’s wrong. Police officers have no right to do that except there is a reasonable ground to do so.” 

Meanwhile, A senior pastor at the Ministry of the Holy Ghost, Joe Akan, and four of his accomplices were arrested by the police in Lagos, for their involvement in the stealing of a Toyota Highlander SUV in Agege area of Lagos.

According to reports by Vanguard, the alleged mastermind of the car theft, Uche, who is on the run, planned the robbery sometimes last week with one Charles Lekan and Pastor Akan.

They invited two other suspects, Obi Isaac, 33, and Wasiu Jamiu, 26, to perfect their operation which took place last Friday, January 13.