By Miriam Humbe
Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command attached to State Intelligence Department have arrested one 33 years old Yusuf Idris, of Obi Local Government Council of the state, who resides at Ombi I, Lafia.
Idris was arrested for name-dropping the Commissioner of Police Nasarawa State Command, CP Shehu Umar Nadada and defrauding unsuspecting job seekers of their hard earned money under the guise of securing them a job in the Nigeria Police Force and Nasarawa State Hospital Management Board respectively.
DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) disclosed this in a statement signed for the Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State Police Command on Sunday.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had fraudulently obtained the sum of three hundred thousand naira from one Monday Akinde of Obi LGC (N300.000.00) with a promise to secure a job for him at Nasarawa State Hospital Management Board.
The suspect thereafter, tricked the same victim into bringing someone seeking recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force where he lied that the Commissioner of Police had given him a slot, and he’s willing to sell it for N500,000.
In a bid to convince his victim of the authenticity of his claims, the suspect lured the victim to the State Police Command Headquarters and left him at the entrance of the Command.
The suspect then entered into the Command Headquarters and was lurking around before he was consequently arrested, and the aforementioned confessions were made.
A search was immediately conducted on him where two fake promotion letters of people working at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital which he claimed to have gotten on Facebook and cash sum of Three Hundred Thousand Naira N300.000 were recovered from him as exhibits.
CP Nadada is hereby calling on members of the public who might have fallen victim to the suspect to come forward with their complaints and urged the public to be wary of employment racketeers and be mindful of posting sensitive information about themselves on social media.
The Police Boss also warned those planning to toe the path of the arrested suspect to change; as anyone caught will not be speared.
