Nasarawa State Police Command has apprehended a man for allegedly defrauding job seekers by promising them employment in the police force and the Nasarawa State Hospital Management Board. The suspect obtained money from unsuspecting victims under the pretense of securing jobs for them, even luring one victim to the police command headquarters to falsely convince him of his claims.
Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a man for alleged employment racket eering and name-dropping. The command's spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Lafia, the state capital. Nansel said the suspect was arrested by personnel attached to the State Intelligence Department. According to him, the suspect was defrauding unsuspecting job seekers of their money under the guise of securing them jobs in the police and Nasarawa State Hospital Management Board.
“He told them that the Commissioner of Police had given him a slot, and he is willing to sell it for N500,000,' he said. The police image maker further said in a bid to convince his victim of the authenticity of his claim, the suspect lured him to the police command headquarters and left him at the entrance. He added that a search was immediately conducted on him when two fake promotion letters from people working at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital were found.
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