Police arraign ‘fake’ army officer over alleged N2.3m job scam

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Police arraign ‘fake’ army officer over alleged N2.3m job scam
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The police on Thursday arraigned a 36-year-old man, Suleiman Dukku in a Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly...

The police on Thursday arraigned a 36-year-old man, Suleiman Dukku in a Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly defrauding job seekers of N2.3 million.Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Sanda Jibril told the court that the complainant, Gambo Hamza reported the matter at the Dawaki Divisional Police Headquarters, FCT Command on Feb. 24.

Jibril further alleged that the matter was transferred to Monitoring and Mentoring Unit of the FCT Command, Abuja on May 5 for investigation.The prosecutor in addition alleged that the defendant sometime in Dec. 2019 impersonating as an Army officer, convinced the complainant to transfer N2.3 million to his First bank account to secure employment 35 persons into Nigerian Army and Nigerian Navy.He said during police investigation, the defendant confessed to committing the crime.

Magistrate Ahmed Ndajiwo admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N1 million with two sureties in like sum.

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