The Kwara State Government on Tuesday said security agencies have arrested 10 workers during the ongoing verification of workers and pensioners in the state for allegedly possessing forged certificates. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Communication, Dr Muyideen Akorede, stated that the arrested workers from the Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state had presented the fake documents to the government.
Akorede said, “As part of the verification, security agencies apprehended 10 people on suspicion of possessing fake certificates. The schools they claimed to have attended are mainly those based in the state. The security agencies are currently investigating them. “If they find anybody culpable, those people will go through the normal civil service rule for discipline, and if they are found to have committed gross misconduct, they will be visited with the appropriate penalty.”
He added, “It is just one LGA that we caught those suspected to have fake documents. By the time we go through the other 15 LGAs, and the state government civil service and ministries, the expectation is that we will discover more. “Any worker who is either not qualified to be receiving salaries or does not have the appropriate documents is advised to stay away so that they will not be nabbed for committing a criminal offence.”
Meanwhile, the Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Samuel Okaula, on Tuesday paraded four suspects who he said were members of a syndicate which specialised in forging employment letters.
The CP said the suspect were Hassan Abdulwahab (32); Ajidagba Abdulrasaq (38); Tajudeen Adebayo (47) and Tajudeen Hussein (42).
He added that they charged their victims between N200,000 and N350,000 each for federal appointments and between N40,000 and N70,000 for state appointments.
He stated that the forged employment letters found in their possession included those from the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Nigerian Ports Authority, Kwara State Teaching Service Commission, and the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board, among others.
Okaula said, “The syndicate specialises in the act of forging employment letters. They collect between N40,000 and N70,000 for state appointments and between N200,000 and N350,000 each for federal appointments. “The activities of this syndicate have led to the injection of fake workers into the workforce of the state.”
Culled from PUNCH.
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