The
attention of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command has been drawn to a press
briefing by the Niger Delta Youths, Woman and Security Movement for Buhari.
To
set the records straight and give a clear picture of issues raised by the
organization, the command has chosen to correct the bogus claims and
allegations raised.
On
the 30th day of June, 2017 actionable intelligence was received by a team of
detectives from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of
the Command that a group of people were selling forms to unsuspecting members
of the public to be recruited as Law Enforcement Officers using the guise of
employment.
Therefore,
detectives were mobilized to the scene a veranda in a storey building along
Atiku Abubakar Way, Uyo where 16 persons (10 males and 6 females) were arrested
and the following items were recovered from them: physical cash of
One
Hundred and ninety thousand eight hundred naira (N199,800.00) and two set of forms for Empowerment and Surveillance.
The
group operates with the name “Niger Delta Youths, Women and Security Movement
for Buhari”. Investigation revealed that, the group’s (membership and
surveillance) sold forms were purchased at the rate of six hundred naira (N6,000.00) and N15, 000.00 respectively. It was further revealed that the group
tricked applicants into believing that those applying for security jobs will be
trained by the Nigerian Army and on completion will be posed to the Nigerian
Navy, Police Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Department of State
Services, for the purpose of pipeline surveillance and protection.
It was also revealed that the purported
recruitment started in 2015 with membership drawn from all the Local Government
Areas of the state, with one Felix Obonka from Delta State said to be the
mastermind of the group.
He and his
cohorts gulled members into believing that they would become trained artisans
and proud owners of shops at the end of the programme.
However,
the syndicate has not trained nor given shop to any persons since 2015. It is also instructive to note that the group
is an unregistered organization which perpetrates all sorts of criminality and
consequently not one to be taken seriously.
They are simply using the name of
the president and commander in-chief Mohammud Buhari GCFR to scam and defraud
innocent members of the public as none of the members belong to any registered
political party.
The
Akwa Ibom State Police Command believes in the sanctity of the law, respect for
its citizens in accordance with the tenets of democratic policing. Consequently, the 16 suspects will be
arraigned in the court.
Meanwhile,
the leaders of this syndicate have gone into hiding in futile effort to escape
justice. They will all be fished out and
prosecuted.
It
is hoped that in the light of the facts bare through this medium, the unwanted
accusations against the command will be put to rest.
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