…incriminating paperwork, N1.7M recovered
The operatives of the Inspector General of Police-Particular Investigation Unit have arrested 4 suspects in reference to alleged felony conspiracy, forgery of official paperwork, job racketeering, impersonation, and acquiring cash beneath false pretences.
An announcement signed on Tuesday by the Pressure Public Relations Officer (FPRO), ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated the event adopted a grievance by the workplace of the Particular Assistant to the President accusing the suspects of forging paperwork “resembling one emanating from the workplace of the Nationwide Chairman, All Progressive Congress and one other doc with semblance to 1 from the State Home Abuja”.
He recognized these arrested as Khuzaifa Tafida ‘Zakari Abdullahi, Abdullahi Baba, and Adeyemo Morufu.
In line with Adejobi, the suspects “belong(ed) to a syndicate concerned in forging categorized paperwork emanating from Authorities Businesses/ Organizations within the bid to deceive unsuspecting victims and extort cash (sic) from them beneath the guise of securing a job for them on the prestigious Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil and different companies of the Federal Authorities.
“The duo then proceeded to current the paperwork to the workplace of the Inspector-Basic of Police as suggestions in favour of 13 individuals for the Nigeria Police 2022 Particular Recruitment.
“Upon receipt of those paperwork with suspicion, adopted by a petition from the workplace of the Particular Assistant to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a discreet investigation was carried out, which led to the apprehension of Khuzaifa Tafida and Zakari Abdullahi. Additional investigation would then outcome within the arrest of the opposite suspects concerned.
“Upon interrogation, the suspects confessed to their roles within the crime. They admitted to forging paperwork from a number of authorities workplaces to defraud unsuspecting victims, promising them enlistment and jobs at varied Authorities Businesses.
“Some solid categorized paperwork, stamps, the sum of One Million, Seven Hundred Thousand (N1,700,000) and different incriminating gadgets, had been recovered from them.
“With this new pattern, members of the general public are suggested to be cautious of such fraudulent parts and keep away from coping with individuals and people providing help exterior of due course of.
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