The Nigeria Police Force PRO, ACP Frank Mba, has said that the police cannot investigate stealing of underwear because it is not “empirically verifiable.”

Mba said the police can investigate cases of murder, attempted murder or related crimes adding that “we don’t investigate divinations or morality except for related acts that constitute a criminal offence”.

Mba made these statements while speaking on NTA’s Good Morning Nigeria programme on Friday.

“Stealing of underwear for whatsoever reason is a recent phenomenon, before now, we had cases of rituals killings but we can’t investigate things that are not empirically verifiable except when there is a convergence of the act like cases of murder or an attempt or related crimes,” the Police tweeted” 

Read more tweets:

Menace of Get-rich-quick and ritual practices in Nigeria. Join the FPRO, ACP FRANK MBA on @NTAGMN program now as he speaks on what parents, religious organizations need to do among other measures

— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) February 1, 2019

We are indeed in a trying time. It’s good to be positively ambitious but wanting to get rich quick with minimal skills, efforts and at a very short time is quite disturbing. pic.twitter.com/QXoK9NxNTV

— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) February 1, 2019

Stealing of underwear for whatsoever reason is a recent phenomenon, before now, we had cases of rituals killings but we can’t investigate things that are not empirically verifiable except when there is convergence of the act like cases of murder or an attempt or related crimes pic.twitter.com/wNiq4LW2hJ

— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) February 1, 2019

Discussions on Menace of Get-Rich-quick & ritual practices on @NTAGMN. We don’t investigate divinations or morality except related acts that constitute a criminal offence. Apart from factors like unemployment etc what we have on home videos,TV programs and messages being sent out pic.twitter.com/c7ZfCaAYj1

— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) February 1, 2019

Drug &substance abuses are strong conscience suppressors that influence our youth into these wicked acts of fetish and ritual killings for get-rich-quick. While we’ll continue to fight menace of drug abuse head-on, we want our youths to desist or be ready to bear the consequences pic.twitter.com/SGE22iRe5E

— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) February 1, 2019

To our dear Youths and Nigerians as a whole, shun Get-Rich-quick and ritual killing practices. Hard-work Pays and Hard-Work is LIFE. FPRO, ACP FRANK MBA live on @NTAGMN pic.twitter.com/dpeAVn130T

— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) February 1, 2019