Registration of SIM cards: NCC seizes 6 data capturing machines

Six  data capturing machines, which  were used  for illegal registration of SIM cards,  were, on Wednesday, seized in Lokoja, Kogi State, by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
However,  those arrested  would be  be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to others involved in the acts.
Those involved  in the fraudulent  SIM  registration ignored the policy of NCC and refused to abide by the laid down rules and regulations, as they often registered in proxy and sold out to unsuspecting members of the public.
The NCC  policy on the registration was to ensure that a correct data base, which  Nigeria can rely on, was  established.
Mr Efosa Idehen,  head  of the enforcement unit of NCC, told newsmen  in Lokoja while conducting raids on some sale outlets, that  Kogi State had already been saturated with pre-registered SIM cards sold by some of those who handled the SIM cards registration.
He said  that the agency was out to sanitise the market against such fraudulent acts, warning those who had bought the pre-registered SIM cards to go back to their service providers and do proper data capturing.
He also warned Nigerians not to be involved in buying SIM cards registered in proxy and pushed out to the market, as the agency was  out to enforce and rid the country of the ugly trend.
Efosa, however, advised service providers to  monitor those handling their contracts of data capturing to ensure compliance.
He also advised those who innocently bought pre-registered SIM cards, whose line had been blocked, to approach their service providers for proper registration, as the agency would continue to delist such SIM cards.