The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has banned the use of Point-of-Sale (POS) machines and other mobile money transaction devices within police stations and facilities nationwide.
The Nigeria Police Force, following public outcry on alleged illegal and illicit transactions through point-of-sale (POS) machine operators and connivance with certain police operatives, hereby reiterates the ban on the utilisation of POS machines and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations and other police facilities nationwide.
Despite previous directives, it has come to the attention of the Force leadership that some commands and formations continue to flout this regulation. As such, the IGP warns that any vi%lation of this ban will attract severe sanctions on the leadership of the affected commands and formations.
