Fraudsters Nabbed For Scamming Victims With
Governor-elect’s Name
Two
suspected fraudsters, Jimoh and Taiwo Edun have been arrested by the Ogun State
Police Command for allegedly using the name of Governor-Elect, Prince Dapo
Abiodun to defraud people under the pretext of providing employment for job
seekers.
It
was gathered that luck ran against the duo, who claimed to be coordinators for
an illegal task force, with the name “Keep Ogun State Clean Corps” which they
advertised as “Dapo Abiodun Environmental Task Force”, when the police
apprehended them
The
Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed to journalists
on Friday said the syndicate has being misinforming members of the public that
the governor elect is planning to employ 10,000 youth on the average of 500
from each Local Government area.
‘They
went further in the said advert that interested members of the public should
come forward and register with N3, 000 per person’, Oyeyemi said, adding that
in a swift reaction, the governor elect in a statement issued by his media
aide,Hon Remmy Hassan dissociated the
Governor elect from the group and warned members of the public to beware of the
fraudulent syndicate.
‘On
the strength of this, the Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama directed the officer in-charge
Anti-kidnapping/cultist section to go after the syndicate with the view to
bring them to book before they will succeeded in defrauding people of their
hard earned money’, he said.
Oyeyemi
said, the team embarked on tactical investigation of the suspects and within 24
hours, the efforts yielded positive result when the duo of Hassan Jimoh who
claimed to be the State coordinator of the group and Taiwo Edun were arrested
in different locations.
The
police spokesman said, different type of letters written to various State
agencies and uniform with inscription “Keep Ogun State Clean” were recovered
from them, explaining that the Commissioner of Police has ordered a thorough
investigation of the case
‘He
also directed that all members of the syndicate must be hunted for and brought
to justice. The Commissioner therefore warned members of the public to always
make enquiries before parting with their money in order not be swindled by this
type of unscrupulous elements in our so
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