Police arrest man for name-dropping, employment racketeering in Nasarawa

Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a man for alleged employment racketeering and name-dropping.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Lafia, the state capital.

Nansel said the suspect was arrested by personnel attached to the State Intelligence Department.

According to him, the suspect was defrauding unsuspecting job seekers of their money under the guise of securing them jobs in the police and Nasarawa State Hospital Management Board.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had fraudulently obtained the sum of N300,000 from one Monday Akinde of Obi Local Government Area.

“He promised to secure a job for him at Nasarawa State Hospital Management Board and thereafter tricked the same victim into bringing someone seeking recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force.

“He told them that the Commissioner of Police had given him a slot, and he is willing to sell it for N500,000,” he said.

The police image maker further said in a bid to convince his victim of the authenticity of his claim, the suspect lured him to the police command headquarters and left him at the entrance.

He added that a search was immediately conducted on him when two fake promotion letters from people working at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital were found.

He said that the suspect claimed that he had gotten the promotion letters on Facebook.

Nansel said that the police had recovered N300,000 from the suspect as an exhibit.

He urged job seekers to be wary of employment racketeers and be mindful of posting sensitive information on social media.

While calling on members of the public who had fallen victim to the suspect to come forward with their complaints for further action, he warned those planning to toe the path of the suspect of serious consequences.

Police arrest man for name-dropping, employment racketeering in Nasarawa