Navy apprehends recruitment fraudster

The Nigerian Navy said on Saturday it has arrested, a suspected recruitment fraudster, Yohanna Ahmadu, for attempting to defraud one Adamu Ibrahim during the last nationwide recruitment exercise.
The Acting Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Navy Capt. Suleman Dahun, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.
Quoting Commodore Gbolahan Olubode–Fazaz, the Commander Naval Unit Abuja, Dahun said the suspect had charged his victim the sum of N50,000 and promised to get him enlisted into the Nigerian Navy.
The acting director further alleged that the fraudster had directed the victim to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Kaduna and promised that his “boss’’ would assist in the exercise.
He said: “Ahmadu thereafter, collected the victim’s passport photograph, photocopies of his credentials and urine sample for a fake test.
“The suspect demanded the sum of N50,000 from his victim before releasing a fake Nigerian Navy appointment letter which he will use to report for the training at the Nigerian Navy Basic Training School, Onne, Port Harcourt.
“But luck ran out on him when the victim called a Naval personnel complaining of this extortion and was directed to play along by promising to pay the amount upon their return to Abuja, where he was lured to a Diamond Bank branch in Kubwa and arrested,”
According to Dahun, Ahmadu has been handed over to the police for further investigation and possible prosecution.
The acting director warned interested members of the public to be wary of recruitment websites that would always ask for money as recruitment into the service was free of charge.