The Ministry of Security on Monday invited Burkinabè people wishing to see the authorities to contact their protocol services directly and to leave aside the crooks who extract money from them .

Burkina Faso Information Agency

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» Recurrently, malicious individuals pose as people close to certain authorities, with the aim of extorting sums of money, and/or seeking certain favors.

With this press release, the Minister of Security wishes to remind you that such behavior is prohibited. Their perpetrators and accomplices are exposed to the full rigor of the law.

Furthermore, it brings to everyone’s attention that for any need for access to the authorities, the protocol services are available and remain the official route indicated.

In any case, the Minister urges citizens who are faced with such actions to report their perpetrators to the numbers: 1010; 16; 17 or 199.’

Ouagadougou, on August 19, 2024, for the Minister of Security and by derogation the Secretary General, Commande
r Ahmed OUÉDRAOGO.

Source: Burkina Information Agency