Fake Army Colonel arrested in Ondo over N1.3m job scam

By Dayo Johnson Akure

A fake Army Colonel, Abdullahi Saliu, has been arrested by constabulary detectives successful Ondo state, implicit N1.3m employment scam. Saturday Vanguard gathered that the fishy has been connected the authorities constabulary command’s watchlist arsenic a notorious occupation racketeer, known for impersonating elder officers of antithetic information agencies.

It was learnt that the suspect’s operations chopped crossed authorities lines, with victims traced to Edo, Delta, Kogi, and Ondo States.

The suspect, according to constabulary source, deceitfully lured and defrauded 2 unsuspecting pistillate victims, Oshoade Janet and Daisi Remilekun Joy nether the mendacious pretext of securing employment opportunities for their sons successful the Nigeria Customs and Immigration Services.

Through this fraudulent scheme, vanguard gathered that helium obtained the sum of ¦ 1,377,000 from them which helium subsequently converted to his idiosyncratic use.

Contacted, the authorities constabulary spokesperson, Ayanlade Olayinka, said the suspect’s fraudulent claims see presenting himself variously arsenic a Colonel successful the Nigerian Army, a Naval officer, a elder Immigration and Customs officer, each successful a bid to defraud unsuspecting citizens of their hard-earned money.

Ayanlade said that the fishy has since been arraigned earlier Magistrate Court 1 for due prosecution.

According to him, “This feat represents 1 of the respective cases successfully cracked by the Ondo State Police Command successful caller times. He reaffirmed the commands committedness “to protecting the lives, property, and interests of each residents, portion ensuring that fraudsters and criminally minded elements are brought to justice.

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