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Court remands man, 70, for alleged N2.2m job scam

A Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday ordered that a 70-year-old man, Ibrahim Akande, be remanded at Oke-kura Prison for alleged N2.2 million job scam.

Akande, who lives at 57, Olaniya Compound, Ilorin, is charged with two counts of criminal conspiracy and advance fee fraud.

Senior Magistrate Abdulrahman Dasuki who gave the order, adjourned the case till May 6, for further mention.

Prosecuting Inspector Folorunsho Zacheous told the court that on April 4, the office of the Inspector-General of Police X-Squad, Ilorin, received a letter of complaint from a lawyer, Olatunbosun Moses, who represents I.D. Hammed & Co of 10B, Ammilegbe Road, Ilorin.

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He alleged that the defendant, who was a member of Powerful Prayer Bible Church, Unity Road, Ilorin, sometime in August 2017, conspired with Oyetunde Abayomi, now at large and defrauded some members of the church to the tune of N2.2 million.

Zacheous alleged that the N2.2 million was paid into the defendant’s First Bank account by unsuspecting youths who were promised employment with the Federal Road Safety Corps in Abuja

The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 97 of the Penal Code Law and Section 3(1) of Advance Fee Fraud and other related offences, 2006.

The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge.

April 25, 2019
Hospital worker arraigned for job scam

A worker of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu State, has been araigned at an Enugu East Magistrates’ Court for alleged job scam.
Mrs. Stella Achala, who is the secretary to the medical director, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Angela Chioke for alleged conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence.
Achalla was arraigned with Stella Egotanwa on a two count-charge punishable under Section 495 (a) and Section 386 of the Criminal Code, CAP 30, Laws of Enugu State, 2014.
They pleaded not guilty.
Magistrate Chioke granted them bail with two sureties each, who must be senior civil servants and not lower than grade level 12, and with landed property within the court’s jurisdiction.
Mrs. Achala’s arraignment followed a petition by Mrs. Agbanyim Roseline, to the police, her of collecting over N370,000 for employment.
About 30 persons, who claimed they paid Achalla money to get them employment with the hospital, besieged the court room.
In one of the petitions, they claimed Mrs. Achalla collected over N5.8 million from about 23 people with a promise to employ them in the hospital.
The matter was adjourned till June 6.

May 23, 2017
Job scam: Umahi disowns fake Facebook account

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has disowned some “fake” social media accounts bearing his name and pictures.

The governor said the social media accounts were used to defraud the public.

Umahi, in a statement at the weekend by his spokesman, Mr. Emma Anya, urged the public to disregard the accounts on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms.

The statement reads: “The attention of David Umahi, the governor of Ebonyi State, has been drawn to the existence of accounts on Facebook, Twitter, etc, operated by unscrupulous individuals asking unsuspecting people to apply for jobs and contracts on the social media by paying for forms.

“One of such accounts on Facebook asks people to pay to Dr. James with mobile telephone number 0813 939 3872.

“Governor Umahi does not directly or indirectly operate accounts on Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms. When he decides to, the public would be informed accordingly.

“The governor will never ask anyone to pay for jobs or contracts, as being demanded by the impersonators.

The public is, therefore, advised to dishonour such demands. People should be extremely careful with those they transact business with on the social media, especially those claiming to be public office holders.

“The Ebonyi State Government publishes contracts, job vacancies and other activities in newspapers and not on social media platforms.”

July 13, 2016
EFCC nabs ex-fire service chief over employment scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested Dada Olatunji, former Assistant Comptroller General of Nigeria Fire Service, for offences bordering on employment scam.

His arrest was disclosed in a statement issued by Head of Media and Publicity of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, in Abuja on Thursday.

The statement said Olatunji’s arrest followed a petition by two applicants – Robert Mathew and Theresa Abah.

They alleged that one Christopher Adaje, of the Nyanya office of the service, informed them in Dec. 2014 that they were recruiting and promised to facilitate their employment.

He said he would do this before April 2015 if they could part with N350, 000 each.

“Matthew and Abah who were desperate to get employment but could not afford the said sum, resorted to soliciting for help from their friends and relations.

“Eventually, Matthew was able to source his from a friend while Abah took a loan of N225, 000 from her friend.

“They raised N575, 000 and paid it into an account number supplied by Adaje in one of the old generation banks’’, the statement said.

It added that Adaje could not deliver on his promise months later, a situation that prompted the applicants to visit his office where they discovered it was a fraud.

The statement added that on arrest, Adaje confessed that he was fronting for Olatunji whom he claimed the money was given to.

The statement said the suspects would be charged to court soon.

March 25, 2016