Job-seeking nurse loses N650,000 to fraudsters, 19 suspects arrested
PUNCH Metro gathered that Juliet was at first asked to pay the sum N750,000 by the syndicate who disguised as recruitment officers and operated in the Igando area of Lagos State.
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PUNCH Metro gathered that Juliet was at first asked to pay the sum N750,000 by the syndicate who disguised as recruitment officers and operated in the Igando area of Lagos State.
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to Igando Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested at least 19 suspects who allegedly specialised in defrauding unsuspecting Nigerians and non-Nigerians with the promise of securing jobs for them at Shell Oil Company. It was gathered that the suspected fraudsters lured their victims from different states across Nigeria and neighboring countries with a promise to help them secure a job in Shell Oil Company in which they (victims) would be paid N300,000 monthly.
The police said that a DPO and one officer was involved.
The prosecutor, Kenneth Asibor, said the tenant had before the attack, threatened to deal with his landlord, Matthew Kunle, if he dare to show face at his door post over the issue of rent payment. The police said the incident which occurred at Igando area of Lagos was reported to the police at Igando Division by the landlord. “My Lord, the accused, who was visibly angry at the sight of his landlord, grabbed him by his shirt, rained down blows on him before biting off his lower lip. “He doesn’t deserve to be freed. I urge you to hand down a stiff punishment to serve as a deterrent to oth...