One 27-year-old man, Yohanna Ahmadu, has been arrested in connection with an attempt to defraud one Adamu Ibrahim in the last nationwide recruitment exercise into the Nigerian Navy.
The arrest was effected by the Nigerian Navy.
According to the Acting Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Navy Capt. Suleman Dahun, in a statement on Saturday, the suspect charged his victim the sum of N50,000.00 and promised to get him enlisted into the Nigerian Navy.
Dahun added that the suspected fraudster directed the victim to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Kaduna and promised that his “boss’’ would assist in the exercise.
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The statement reads in part: “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 N50,000.00 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.”
Dahun said the suspected fraudster had been handed over to the police for further investigation and possible prosecution.
