Three people were detained in Port Harcourt by men from the Rivers State Police Command on suspicion of participating in a National Identity Number scheme.
A group of police officers apprehended the suspects on Wednesday afternoon at the entrance to the National Identity Management Commission on Aba Road in the state capital.
Four or five of the operators swooped on the roadside acclaimed agents after highlighting from their blue private salon car and arriving in the vicinity.
The operation was conducted in response to complaints over the suspects’ actions while posing as federal agency officers, although it was later discovered that they were acting with ulterior reasons.
Some of the roadside renowned salespeople who were spotted Thursday at the commission’s gate assert that they sell NIN registration forms because they are jobless.
It was learned that individuals who had been detained were pleading with the authorities to let them continue to work.
According to a source at the Port Harcourt NIMC office who spoke on the record on the condition of anonymity, the men frequently visit the office dressed as agents and occasionally persuade unwary members of the public who are in the area to visit the facility.
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