EFCC Nabs Fire Service Boss over Employment Scam

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EFCC Nabs Fire Service Boss over Employment Scam

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), today arrested a former Assistant Comptroller General of the Nigeria Fire Service, Dada Olatunji, for offences bordering on employment scam.

 
According to a statement signed by the commissions spokesperson, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, Olatunji’s arrest followed a petition by two applicants.

Uwujaren stated that one 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, 000.00 (three hundred and fifty thousand naira) 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 his from a friendwhile Abah took a loan of N225,000.00 (two hundred and twenty five thousand) from her friend, to meet Adaje’s demand to offer them job.Altogether, a total of N575,000 (five hundred andseventy five thousand naira) was raised by Matthew and Abah which was paid into an account supplied by Adaje in one of the old generation banks."


 
According to the statement,  Adaje could not deliver on his promise few months after, a situation that prompted the applicants 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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