A claim is circulating online that the Federal Government has decided to remove pockets from police officers’ uniforms.
The claim was posted on Facebook by a user under the name Whale Mouth Comedy.
The post read:
Nigeria Police latest update, will this stop them from collecting bribes. A Body Cam would save us all this stress. Currently, Nigeria police officers sew their own uniforms and buy boots themselves.
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Since the inception of the post on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, it has garnered over twenty thousand views, 13,200 comments, and 2000 likes.
A scan of the comments section of the post showed that the majority of the users thought the post was real, thereby prompting The FactCheckHub to verify the veracity of the claim.
Shedrack Gani wrote:
Even if police wear boxers they will collect bribe, is in their blood.
Another user Samuel Oluwarotimi wrote:
Is it the pocket that’s collecting the money or the personnel on the uniform!
Ernest Madu wrote in pidgin :
pocket keh na only police for road dey use pocket … review their salary then make it a dismisable offense to collect bribe
CLAIM
FG to remove pocket from police uniforms to tackle bribery
THE FINDINGS
Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is FALSE!
At first glance, the claim appears to be some form of satire from the author, considering his username. But a look at his supporting statement, which read thus, cleared doubts:
A Body Cam would save us all this stress. Currently, Nigeria police officers sew their own uniforms and buy boots themselves
When we ran a keyword search for the phrase “Pockets Police Uniform,” it only returned search results showing instances of the claim on other platforms.
There were no reports or press releases from either the presidency, the Nigeria Police Force, or credible media outlets stating that the federal government had taken such a measure.
When The FactCheckHub reached out to PRO of the FCT police command, Josephine Adeh, she stated that she was not aware of such developments, while branding it as lies.
“I’m not aware of such claims, ma. Lies”, Adeh told The FactCheckHub
THE VERDICT
The claim that the FG plans to remove pockets from police uniforms to tackle bribery is false; media outfits across the country would widely report such a move.
Seasoned fact-checker and researcher Fatimah Quadri has written numerous fact-checks, explainers, and media literacy pieces for The FactCheckHub in an effort to combat information disorder. She can be reached at sunmibola_q on X or fquadri@icirnigeria.org.
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