{"id":19713,"date":"2026-07-09T21:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edumarkng.com\/news\/searching-phones-without-warrant-unlawful-police-tell-personnel\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:47:15","slug":"searching-phones-without-warrant-unlawful-police-tell-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edumarkng.com\/news\/searching-phones-without-warrant-unlawful-police-tell-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching phones without warrant unlawful, Police tell personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/policenpf.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Searching phones without warrant unlawful, Police tell personnel\" title=\"Searching phones without warrant unlawful, Police tell personnel\" \/><\/div><p>Searching phones without warrant unlawful, Police tell personnel, <\/p>\n<p>The Police Command in Plateau has warned its personnel against unlawfully demanding and searching citizens\u2019 mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bassey Ewah, the Commissioner of Police in the state, gave the warning while addressing its personnel in Jos.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Jos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo personnel of this command has the legal authority to search mobile phone of any citizen on the road without a court warrant,\u201d Alabo quoted Ewah as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The PPRO said that the commissioner, who reiterated the command\u2019s commitment to professionalism, warned personnel against unprofessional conduct.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the commissioner advised residents to politely decline any unlawful attempt by personnel to search their phones and report such to the nearest Police station.<\/p>\n<p>Alabo also advised residents of the state to report any incident of harassment through the following phone numbers: 08034448617, 08060545670, 08037681026, 09016146804, and 09051145757.<\/p>\n<p>The PPRO further reaffirmed the command\u2019s commitment to protecting the lives, property and rights of law abiding residents in line with global best practices.<\/p>\n<p>(NAN) <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/07\/searching-phones-without-warrant-unlawful-police-tell-personnel\/\">Searching phones without warrant unlawful, Police tell personnel<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>, <\/p>\n<p>The Police Command in Plateau has warned its personnel against unlawfully demanding and searching citizens\u2019 mobile phones.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/07\/searching-phones-without-warrant-unlawful-police-tell-personnel\/\">Searching phones without warrant unlawful, Police tell personnel<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>, <!-- no image -->, Henry Oduah, {authorlink},, , Vanguard News, July 9, 2026, 9:47 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Searching phones without warrant unlawful, Police tell personnel, The Police Command in Plateau has warned its personnel against unlawfully demanding and searching citizens\u2019 mobile phones. Mr Bassey Ewah, the Commissioner of Police in the state, gave the warning while addressing its personnel in Jos. Mr Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/policenpf.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1930],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Searching phones without warrant unlawful, Police tell personnel - EduNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edumarkng.com\/news\/searching-phones-without-warrant-unlawful-police-tell-personnel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Searching phones without warrant unlawful, Police tell personnel - EduNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Searching phones without warrant unlawful, Police tell personnel, The Police Command in Plateau has warned its personnel against unlawfully demanding and searching citizens\u2019 mobile phones. 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