Making calls, smoking at filling stations now criminal offences, police says

It is now a criminal offence to make phone calls or smoke cigarettes at any filling station, as “anyone caught could land in jail”, the Nigerian Police Command says.

According to Jimoh Moshood, the Force Public Relations Officer, any offender caught could be prosecuted and jailed for attempted arson.

He also noted that police officers now have the authority to arrest and prosecute anyone found breaking the law.

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The PPRO said; “Making phone calls or smoking at filling stations is a criminal offence and the police, of course, could arrest anyone violating the safety rules put in place to safeguard life and property at the filling stations.”

Moshood described the filling station as a public facility where motorists cannot act as they like and cautioned the public against violating the safety rules forbidding smoking and phone calls at filling stations.

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