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A suspected member of fake employment syndicate known as Mr. Kelvin Akaa was arrested in Porthacourt by men of Choba Police Division on Saturday13th,May,2023,we learnt.
The suspect, we gathered impersonates as a staff of University of Porthacourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) to defraud unsuspecting members of the public of their hard earned money with promise of employment in UPTH .
In an interview with our correspondent one of the victims , Nsongurua Dan narrated her ordeal in the hands of the suspect and how the suspect was arrested.
“His name is Kelvin Akaa .what actually happened is that when I was doing my business, I met him, in the process he told me there was vacancy at UPTH and he asked to bring a certain amount of money that the management require that we(applicant) pay some money before they can give me appointment letter.
“Which I paid 410,000 naira .After the payment, I did not hear from him again for a long time only for me to meet him today at Abuja Campus, So I called attention of Sheriff at UNIPORT and from UNIPORT the sheriff notified the Police men at Choba that is how they apprehended him
” We entered the same vehicle in Abuja campus. In the Police station, the Police people let me know that there is a case like that. That other people are also looking for him”.
The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police command, SP Grace Iringe Koko was yet to respond to text messages sent to her mobile phone
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