Police arrest 33-year-old suspect for alleged job scam, name-dropping in Nasarawa

A 33 -year-old suspect, Yusuf Idris, has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command for impersonating the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Shehu Umar Nadada, and defrauding unsuspecting job seekers.

The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement in Sunday November 24, 2024, stating that the suspect has defrauded unsuspecting job seekers of their hard earned money under the guise of securing them job in the Nigeria Police and Nasarawa State Hospital Management Board respectively.

According to the statement, the suspect hails from Obi Local Government Area of the state but resides in Ombu 1 area of Lafia.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had fraudulently obtained the sum of three hundred thousand naira (N300,000) from one Monday Akinde ‘M, of Obi Local Government Council with the promise to secure a job for him at Nasarawa State Hospital Management Board, and thereafter trick the same victim into bringing someone seeking recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force where he stated that the Commissioner of Police has given him a slot and he is willing to sell it for Five Hundred Naira.

“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 subsequently 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 (N300,000) were recovered from him as exhibits.

“In view of the above, 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 on social media.

“Furthermore, he warned those planning to toe the path of the arrested suspects to turn a new lease of life, as anyone caught will not be speared”, the statement on Sunday reads further.

-9News Nigeria.