EFCC arrest Fire Service Chief over employment scam
(Nigeria)Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, arrested
one Dada Olatunji, a former Assistant Comptroller General of the Nigeria Fire
Service for offences bordering on employment scam.
Olatunji’s arrest followed a petition by two applicants -
Robert Mathew and Theresa Abah- alleging that, sometime in December 2014, one
Christopher Adaje, an officer at the Nyanya Office of the agency informed them
of a recruitment exercise purportedly going on and promised to facilitate their
employment into the Service before April, 2015 if they could part with N350,
000 each.
Matthew and Abah who were desperate to get employment, but
could not afford the said sum, resorted to soliciting for help from their
friends and loved ones.
Eventually, Matthew was able to source hisfrom a friend
while Abah took a loan ofN225,000 from her friend, to meet Adaje’s demand to
offer them job.
Altogether, a total of N575,000 was raised by Matthew and
Abah which was paid into an account supplied by Adaje in one of the old
generation banks.
Months after, Adaje could not deliver on his promise, a
situation that prompted theapplicants to visit his office where they discovered
it was fraud.
On arrest, Adaje confessed that, he was fronting for
Olatunji whom he claimed, the money was given to.
The suspects would be charged to court as soon as
investigations are concluded.
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