The Nigeria Police Drive has reiterated its ban on using Level-of-Sale terminal machines and different cellular cash transaction gadgets inside police stations and police services throughout the nation.
The NPF stated the ban adopted public outcry on alleged “unlawful and illicit transactions by way of ‘point-of-sale’ (POS) machine operators and connivance with sure police operatives.”
This was contained in an announcement signed by the Drive Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Monday.
Adejobi stated it had come to the eye of the police that some instructions and formations of the NPF continued to defy the regulation and that the ban was geared toward preserving the safety and integrity of police operations.
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The FPRO noted that the usage of fee gadgets inside police premises posed dangers, together with the compromise of delicate data and facilitation of illicit actions.
The assertion states, “The Nigeria Police Drive, following public outcry on alleged unlawful and illicit transactions by way of point-of-sale (POS) machine operators and connivance with sure police operatives, at this moment, reiterates the ban on the utilisation of POS machines and different digital cellular cash transaction gadgets inside police stations and other police services nationwide.
“The ban is geared toward preserving the integrity and safety of police operations, forestalling perceived corrupt practices, clearing the Instructions/Formations of doable prison intrusion below such guise, and sustaining self-discipline inside the Drive.”
Adejobi added that “regardless of earlier directives, it has come to the eye of the Drive management that some instructions and formations proceed to disregard this regulation. As such, the IGP warns that any ban violation will appeal to extreme sanctions on managing the affected instructions and formations.”
“The IG famously stated that using digital fee gadgets inside police services poses vital dangers, together with the potential compromise of delicate data, monetary irregularities, and the facilitation of illicit actions. Subsequently, strict adherence to this directive is non-negotiable”, the assertion partly learns.
The FPRO additionally acknowledged that the Inspector-Basic of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, urged officers to adjust to the directive, warning that any violation by officers or a POS operator would appeal to “extreme sanctions” on the management of the affected Formations or Instructions.
“The IG urges all officers and personnel to adjust to this directive without exception and warns that any police officer or POS operator discovered contravening this order or conniving to conduct illicit monetary transactions will face applicable disciplinary and prison motion by the extant legal guidelines and rules, and the Command/Formation management will equally be held accountable,” he acknowledged.
