NBA president backs judgement on filming police officers on duty, seeks clearer rules on limits
Why recording police officers became an issue The discussion on the recording of police officers on duty followed a 17 March judgement of the Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, which affirmed Nigerians’ constitutional right to record police officers while they perform their duties in public.
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, has backed citizens’ right to record police officers performing their duties in public as recently affirmed by a court judgement, but called for clearer rules to protect officers’ privacy.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu “The recent judgment on recording of police officers, that one really jolted our officers,” he said, adding that officers became worried after members of the public began using their phones to record them in different situations.
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