Police have arrested five persons, Emmanuel Onyehiela, Ugorji
Chibueze Ramsey, Emeka Chukwu, Chinyere Bright and Abdulazeez Sadiq, for
certificate forgery. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) Frank
Mba, said the suspects were arrested after a team of operatives attached
to International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) section, Force Criminal
Investigation Department (FCID), Abuja followed a tip-off from a
concerned Nigerian.
According to him, a police team had carried out discreet
investigation and later swooped on the syndicate which specialises in
the forgery of certificates and other sensitive documents.
The syndicate, which allegedly has its operational base at the UTC
Shopping Complex, Area 10 Garki, Abuja, specialises in forging of West
African Senior School Certificate (WASSCE), university degrees, National
Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificates, land documents,
certificates of incorporation, etc. According to Mba, to catch the
suspects red handed, some of the policemen posed as prospective clients.
He said: “The syndicate also engages in the falsification of travel
documents and driver licences among others for a fee ranging from N5,000
to N30,000, depending on the socio-economic status of their ‘client’ or
the urgency of the transaction.”
Exhibits recovered from the suspects are forged copies of Corporate
Affairs Commission (CAC) documents, land documents of Abuja Municipal
Area Council (AMAC), University of Abuja degree and official stamps and
National Pension Commission clearance certificate.
Others are a certificate purportedly issued by the Administrative
Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Badagry, statement of result of
Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi State, Abuja Urban Mass
Transport Company tickets and other sundry fake documents.
Also recovered from them are electronic equipment used in
perpetrating the crime such as laptops, desktops and printers. Mba said
that the suspects had made statements to the police and would be charged
to court as soon as investigation was concluded.
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