Three men who were said to have collected the sum of N400,000 each from over 10 job seekers and issued them fake letters of employment have been arrested by men of the Adamawa State Police Command, the command announced late on Monday night.
The command disclosed the development on its X handle, saying the three men, whose names were given as Muhammed Ahmed Attahir, aged 31 years; Abdulrahman Bashir Ahmad, aged 23 years and Bello Suleiman, aged 59 years, were arrested after perpetrating the act.
(Caption): The arrested men, as posted by the state police command on Monday.
It was gathered that the command received a complaint from Dr. Suleiman Saidu Bashir, Executive Chairman of the Adamawa State Primary Health Care Agency (ADSPHCA), that some individuals were impersonating as officials of the state government and extorting money from job seekers by issuing them fake letters of employment.
Following the complaint, the Commissioner of Police in the state directed the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Intelligence to investigate and this led to the arrest of Attahir and Ahmad.
Further investigation also led to the arrest of Bello Suleiman, who was said to be a staff member of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Yola, for aiding the perpetration of the crime.
The command wrote: "So far, the culprits and their collaborators issued fake letters of appointment to over 10 victims, collecting ₦400,000 from each of them and the victims were directed to an office at the Fiscal Responsibility Commission for their data capturing."
The command added that at the time of their arrest, one laptop, thumb-printing machine and four fake appointment letters were recovered from them.
They are expected to be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation.
Below are screenshots of some of the posts by the command on the issue: