BREAKING: IGP bans use of POS devices at police stations nationwide
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has banned the use of Point-of-Sales (POS) and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations across the country.
Egbetokun said the ban has became necessary due to public outcry over alleged illegal and illicit transactions of POS machine operators within some police operatives.
The police boss, who spoke through the force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the ban was aimed at preserving the integrity and security of police operation.
He stressed that the directive was also to forestall perceived corrupt practices, adding that it was to clear the Commands or Formations of possible criminal intrusion under such guise, and maintaining discipline within the Force.