The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that Point of Sale (PoS) operators regularly operate around police stations in the state to help police officers extort innocent Nigerians.

In a Twitter thread on Saturday, Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesperson of the command, said the presence of these operators help some errant police officers in their illegal activities.

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His statement confirms what sources had told FIJ in several reports of extortion suffered at the hands of police officers.

Hundeyin’s tweets read, “It has been observed overtime that some roving PoS operators specialize in hanging around police stations. Investigations reveal that their target customers are innocent Nigerians being extorted by some recalcitrant police officers.

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“Their presence around the stations has made the extortion game a lot easier. While the Force continually purges itself of these bad officers, it has become imperative that the activities of PoS operators around police stations be regulated as some of them have been identified to be enablers of extortion.

“This regulation is in line with our mandate of not just detecting but also preventing crime. To this end, anyone found to have knowingly enabled extortion will be treated as an accomplice.”

On several occasions, sources have told FIJ that policemen in Lagos extort money from them through PoS operators stationed close to police stations.