The syndicate, which was posing as NECO’s recruiting agent, was arrested at a hotel in Minna, Niger State, after a tip-off by the internal security network set up by NECO’s Registrar, Prof Ibrahim Wushishi.
Spokesperson for Niger State Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police , Wasiu Abiodun, in a statement, yesterday, said Patience was arrested alongside her husband and three other suspects after a tip-off. Abiodun explained that during interrogation, Patience confessed that she had contacted about 10 unsuspecting members of the public since the year 2020 till date for a job replacement offer at NECO with a payment of N500,000 each, adding that each of the victims, made half payment and are to pay the balance, after issuing them with appointment letters.
“In the course of this investigation, we have discovered over 50 victims who have fallen victim of the job racketeering with an amount of over N10 million.” “It started in 2020. I collected money from 30 and above people. I charged them N500,000. You pay half and when the job is out you pay the balance; but some people paid N180,000, N200,000, some paid N300,000 and some N500,000.
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