Nigerians have been cautioned over a purported new salary for police officers.
The new salary structure went viral on social media is fake.
The viral post which broke down salaries across all the ranks of the police claimed President Muhammadu Buhari approved the new structure.
According to post, the least paid policeman, Police Constable (PC) II is to earn N84, 000, while the highest, the Inspector-General of Police is to be paid N1.5 million.
But a tweet by the Police on its official Twitter handle @policeNG said this was fake news.
The tweet stated simply, “Ignore the trending fake news, please.”