Army Arrests Fake Job Recruitment Suspect

The Nigerian Army has arrested a suspected fake recruitment syndicate kingpin, even as it is has vowed to apprehend others who indulge in the unlawful act..

The suspect identified as one Mr. Samuel Omoh Eromosele was paraded before journalists recently at Army Headquarters Abuja.

According to the Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, the suspect was alleged to have defrauded over six unsuspecting job seekers to the tone of thirty two thousand and five hundred naira only (N32,500).

Usman said:"Eromosele, on May9, 2015, posted an advertisement in the comments section of the website known as 'www.nigerianbestforum.com.

"The advert was entitled Nigerian Army Direct Short Service Commission 2015/2016 online application form", where he demanded that interested persons paid N4, 500 each as application fee".

Consequently, the DAPR said, an investigation by the Military Police showed that the suspect, who posed as Balogun Precious Ehi, received N4, 500 through his First Bank account and N28, 000 through his Fidelity Bank account.

Usman noted that shortly before his arrest on July 17, the suspect was said to have posed as Precious Ehi and posted an advertisement via another website calling for applications into the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS 2015/2016 batch online.

The Army spokesman expressed the regret that the cyber criminals were tarnishing the good image of the Nigerian Army and other Services, but pledged that the service would arrest other fraudsters.

Speaking also, the Public Relations Officer, Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Mr. Wale Adeniyi, said that these cyber criminals were saboteurs, exposing the country's security to serious risk.

Adeniyi warned potential victims to raise the alarm over this kind of issues, whenever they are asked to pay money to join government services.