Connect with us

    Hi, what are you looking for?

    Metro

    Ex-NIS Staff Lands in Trouble for Scamming Jobseekers of N34m

    Operatives of the Katsina State Police have arrested a 42-year-old woman, Hajarat Egbunu, for allegedly scamming jobseekers.

    It was gathered that the Abuja-based Kogi State indigene, who was a former official of the Nigerian Immigration Service was reported to have collected N34,800,000 from some jobseekers, who were issued with fake appointment letters.

    The police said the victims allegedly paid N3.5m after they were promised jobs with the Economic Community of West African States, Abuja, which will fetch each of them a monthly salary of N3m.

    The police said the victims later discovered that the ECOWAS appointment letters sent to them online were fake.

    According to PUNCH, Egbunu got into trouble on October 4, 2021, when the police arrested one Ibrahim El-Maki, who was her link to the victims.

    El-Maki reportedly told the police that he was also a victim of the suspect, adding that he also paid some money for the supposed job.

    Although El-Maki, who was also at the Katsina police headquarters on Wednesday when the suspect was paraded, claimed that Egbunu collected N47,350,000 from him for the job offers, she insisted that it was N34,800,000 she collected.

    The Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, described Egbunu as “a dismissed Nigerian Immigration Service officer and a notorious fraudster, who has been on the wanted list of security agencies for various offences relating to fraud.”

    The Isah implored jobseekers not to be desperate and always verify from right sources when approached with job offers.

    PUNCH reported that Egbunu declined comments on the allegation against her, saying El-Maki had already dragged her to court over the issue.

    Spread the love
    Click to comment

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    ad

    You May Also Like

    Opinion

    By Ursula Fear, Senior Talent Program Manager at Salesforce The conversation about AI and the workforce has been dominated by one word: replacement. However,...

    News

    Federal Government has described as false, baseless, despicable and divisive reports claiming that terrorists operating in Nigeria are engaged in a systematic genocide against...

    News

    Russia has carried out one of the largest aerial attacks of the war on Ukraine, firing over 600 drones and missiles in a coordinated...

    World

    Cuba has announced the death of Assata Shakur, the American-born Black militant who lived as a fugitive for more than four decades after her...