The basic reason for the formation of the Nigerian police force is for the protection of lives and property. But in recent times some bad elements have taken over the Nigerian Police Force leaving the ordinary citizens under the apprehension of fear.
Road blocks in Nigeria has come to stay despite several orders issued from different Inspector Generals of police over the years. Although it is unconstitutional for police to mount road blocks but they derive pide in doing so.
What is the business of the police with Drivers Licence?
The police has no right in law to demand for drivers Licence. The drivers Licence is the property of the Federal Road safety which is saddled with the responsibility of issuing licenses for drivers and also checking who is qualified to drive on Nigerian Roads.
As the name implies “Road safety” it’s there job to know who is qualified to drive or not and not the police.
Even as the police have no clue on how to detect fake Drivers Licence, hence one will wonder why they usually demand for it.
Road Worthiness Certificate
Again the Nigerian police is usually found of asking drivers for this. This Certificate is a primary clearance that your car is road worthy and can be driven on Nigerian Roads. Again a basic job of the Federal Road safety but our over zealous police men have once again taken over this function.
Insurance certificate
Please i would want someone to please suggest to me just one reason the police should be interested in your car been insured. I wonder if insurance is not a personal business. People insure their cars to get financial protection against physical damage or bodily harm as a result of collision.
Documents such as:
*Proof of ownership
*Vehicle Registration
These two sounds abit reasonable for the police to enquire about for the sake of stolen cars. The two documents shows the identity of the real owner of the car,engine and chassis number of the car and whether or not it matches any case of stolen car in the police record.
Please Note i am not of the opinion that you shouldn’t show the police documents when they ask. The essence of this article is to question the rationale behind the constant demand of these documents.
You may also agree with me that since the police started carrying out the functions of the Federal Road safety, The Road safety has little or nothing to do anymore.
