NSCDC Nabs 100 Fake Employment Racketeers, Kingpin

…To Sanction Armed Personnel Involved In Accidental
Discharge

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has
arrested an employment racketeer and scammer’s kingpin and 100
others, including a woman with her one-year old baby, who
specialise in issuing fake employment letter to unsuspecting
Nigerians searching for legitimate employment.

The alleged ring-leader, Mr. Gabriel Kingsley who claimed to be
a University of Abuja student, and 100 others were apprehended by
the female squad of the NSCDC operatives over the weekend on their
way to Kaduna State to collect their “employment letters”.

Addressing journalists yesterday at the NSCDC, National
Headquarters, Sauka, Abuja after the passing out parade of 267
officers and men of Batch 7 Armed Squad Trainees of the Corps, DCC
Olusola Odumosu, Director, Public Relations, NSCDC NHQ, said the
operatives acted on credible intelligence.

While parading the suspects before news haunts, Odumosu said
luck ran out of the fake employment racketeers when the NSCDC
operatives received credible intelligence on August 14, 2021
indicating that the culprits were camped at Kubwa General Hospital
area, in Abuja suburb.

According to him, when the NSCDC female operatives got there,
they fake job racketeers had departed the location and swiftly
headed towards Kaduna.

The detour did not deter the NSCDC operatives who quickly
embarked on a hot pursuit of the employment racketeers, intercepted
them on their way to Kaduna and brought back to the NSCDC
Headquarters in Abuja where they are currently being
interrogated.

Odumosu said the NSCDC interrogators found the names of about
100 people with their “employment letters” in Mr. Kingsley’s
handset, who also claimed to be a staff of the Presidency, and
original credentials of the other suspects when frisked, an
indicator that they were heading for screening.

On further interrogation, the alleged mastermind of the fake job
racketeer claimed he was an Uber driver, hired by one Mr. Wale, at
large, with the job detail of simply conveying others to Kaduna,
after being promised some employment slots in the “deal”.

The Director, Public Relations, NSCDC National Headquarters told
newsmen that the culprits were still being interrogated and would
be charged to court when investigation is completed.

He urged Nigerians who are searching for job to follow
legitimate routes, stressing that the NSCDC’s 2019 employment
process was still ongoing and that the Corps does not collect money
to offer applicants employment.

Odumosu reminded the general public that it is an offence to pay
money in order to secure employment, just as it is for anyone to
collect money for the same purpose, warning that both the giver and
collector of money for employment have committed an offence under
the law.

Meanwhile, the NSCDC Commandant General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi has
warned the 267 officers and men of the

Batch 7 Armed Squad Trainees who passed out yesterday that the
era of accidental discharge was over as any armed personnel of the
Corps that flout the directive would be severely sanctioned.

While rewarding those who excelled during the drilling at the
passing out parade, Audi said their resilience and determination to
undergo the eight weeks training were pointers to the fact that
they were achievers who were prepared to contribute their quota to
achieving the core mandate of the Corps.

…To Sanction Armed Personnel Involved In Accidental
Discharge

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has
arrested an employment racketeer and scammer’s kingpin and 100
others, including a woman with her one-year old baby, who
specialise in issuing fake employment letter to unsuspecting
Nigerians searching for legitimate employment.

The alleged ring-leader, Mr. Gabriel Kingsley who claimed to be
a University of Abuja student, and 100 others were apprehended by
the female squad of the NSCDC operatives over the weekend on their
way to Kaduna State to collect their “employment letters”.

Addressing journalists yesterday at the NSCDC, National
Headquarters, Sauka, Abuja after the passing out parade of 267
officers and men of Batch 7 Armed Squad Trainees of the Corps, DCC
Olusola Odumosu, Director, Public Relations, NSCDC NHQ, said the
operatives acted on credible intelligence.

While parading the suspects before news haunts, Odumosu said
luck ran out of the fake employment racketeers when the NSCDC
operatives received credible intelligence on August 14, 2021
indicating that the culprits were camped at Kubwa General Hospital
area, in Abuja suburb.

According to him, when the NSCDC female operatives got there,
they fake job racketeers had departed the location and swiftly
headed towards Kaduna.

The detour did not deter the NSCDC operatives who quickly
embarked on a hot pursuit of the employment racketeers, intercepted
them on their way to Kaduna and brought back to the NSCDC
Headquarters in Abuja where they are currently being
interrogated.

Odumosu said the NSCDC interrogators found the names of about
100 people with their “employment letters” in Mr. Kingsley’s
handset, who also claimed to be a staff of the Presidency, and
original credentials of the other suspects when frisked, an
indicator that they were heading for screening.

On further interrogation, the alleged mastermind of the fake job
racketeer claimed he was an Uber driver, hired by one Mr. Wale, at
large, with the job detail of simply conveying others to Kaduna,
after being promised some employment slots in the “deal”.

The Director, Public Relations, NSCDC National Headquarters told
newsmen that the culprits were still being interrogated and would
be charged to court when investigation is completed.

He urged Nigerians who are searching for job to follow
legitimate routes, stressing that the NSCDC’s 2019 employment
process was still ongoing and that the Corps does not collect money
to offer applicants employment.

Odumosu reminded the general public that it is an offence to pay
money in order to secure employment, just as it is for anyone to
collect money for the same purpose, warning that both the giver and
collector of money for employment have committed an offence under
the law.

Meanwhile, the NSCDC Commandant General, Ahmed Abubakar Audi has
warned the 267 officers and men of the

Batch 7 Armed Squad Trainees who passed out yesterday that the
era of accidental discharge was over as any armed personnel of the
Corps that flout the directive would be severely sanctioned.

While rewarding those who excelled during the drilling at the
passing out parade, Audi said their resilience and determination to
undergo the eight weeks training were pointers to the fact that
they were achievers who were prepared to contribute their quota to
achieving the core mandate of the Corps.