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The men of the Ondo State Police
Command yesterday paraded a 29-year-old man, Akinmoladun Emmanuel, who
has allegedly duped several people seeking for job with the Nigerian
Police Force.

Mr. Emmanuel was arrested based on the tip off given by some members of the public who were his victims.

The man, a native of Ode-Irele, in
Irele local government area of Ondo State, was arrested at Isaac
Adebanjo Hotel, along Oke Ijebu area of Akure metropolis.

He had lodged in the hotel for about
two weeks, claiming to have been officially sent from the Inspector
General of Police’s office in Abuja to assist applicants for
recruitment.

Parading the suspect in Akure
yesterday, the spokesperson of the command, Adeniran Aremu, said the
suspect was arrested on Monday around 11am.

He added that the suspect, after he was
interrogated, said he had collected various sums of money ranging from
N20, 000 to N50, 000 from the victims, who were desperate to secure
police job.

Some of the documents found in the
possession of the suspects, according to Mr. Aremu, were: leg chains,
police buttons and Lanyard, documents from Police Service Commission,
Police Applicant forms, and other documents.

The state commissioner of police,
Ballah Magaji Nassarawa, urged applicants seeking job with the Nigerian
Police to be wary of fraudsters.

“I want to tell the applicants that ongoing recruitment into the
Nigeria Police as recruit constables is free of charge. They should be
wary of fraudulent ones that may want to dupe them in the guise of
getting police job for them,” he said.