IGP Launches Card To Eliminate Impersonation Of Police Officers
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has announced that the Nigeria Police Force is set to launch a digital solution to ensure standardization and upgrade of the Force identification system to be known as the e-Warrant Card.
The e-Warrant Card would provide seamless identification of officers all over the country as well as eliminate the possibility of criminal elements presenting fake identity cards at police stations personating themselves to be police officers.
The project, which commenced with the approval of the IGP) is being carried out by Police ICT experts attached to the Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Force Headquarters, Abuja.
CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) says upon its launch, the e-Warrant Card would engender a full digitalization of police identification nationwide and provide a valid basis for effecting arrests with warrants in line with extant laws, and many other benefits attached to the use of such e-warrant cards.
