Prophet nabbed over ‘recruitment of 50 staff’ for NSCDC
45-year-old prophet (name withheld) for allegedly issuing fake NSCDC
appointment letters to job seekers in Ondo State.
The commandant of NSCDC in the state, Mr Pedro Awili, disclosed this
while parading the suspect along with others, arrested for various
crimes on Friday in Akure.
Awili, according to NAN, said that the suspect was arrested at Iju in
Iju/Itaogbolu Local Government Area of the state.
He said that the prophet had issued about 50 of such fake letters in
conjunction with his accomplice, name withheld, now at large.
According to him, the suspect is a pastor in charge of a parish of the
Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in the same local government area.
He said that the command had recovered about 50 appointment letters
from the "prophet" and another suspect.
The commandant said they issued the fake letter to the unsuspecting
members of the public after collecting N200, 000 to N300, 000 each
from them.
"We are using this opportunity to tell Nigerians that NSCDC is not
recruiting; anything you see on social media about this is a scam.
"Also, NSCDC Commandant-General has on several media, the electronic
and print, informed the people of this country that NSCDC is not
recruiting, even up till now," he said.
The commandant said that the suspect would soon be charge to court.
Speaking to newsmen, one of the suspects, who claimed to be a prophet
of a Celestial Church of Christ, (CCC) Ayomikun Parish, Iju said,
denied issuing letters to members of the public regarding recruitment
by NSCDS in the state.
He said it was another Pastor that issued the letters.
The suspect said that it was the said pastor that requested him to
give him his bank account number that someone wanted to send money to
him through it.
"One person paid N130, 000 and later paid N120, 000, while his friend
paid N200, 000 into my account on behalf of the pastor and asked them
to collect their letters from me," he said.
The "prophet" said when the money was paid into his account, the said
pastor sent one account number to him, through which he forwarded the
money to him.
"I later discovered that the account number belongs to his wife".
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