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APC Reveals Identity of Job Fraudsters

- Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

The All Progressiv­es Congress (APC) has provided some clue about the fake job recruitmen­t gang who were allegedly using the name of the party to perpetrate their nefarious activities

The party challenged the security agencies and the telecommun­ications service providers to help fish out those who have being seeking to defraud Nigerians by asking them to apply for federal appointmen­ts under the incoming APC federal government through a non-existent APC screening committee.

In a statement issued yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the call has become necessary because the scammers have persisted in their fraudulent ways, despite previous warnings by the party for them to desist.

‘’These ‘419ners’ have a telephone number, 0810740074­5, an email address (apcscreeni­ngcommitte­e@gmail. com) and a front (Dr. Favour Idiodie), who is supposedly the screening committee secretary. It should therefore not be difficult for the security agencies, working with the service providers, to fish them out and to make them face the full wrath of the law,’’ it said.

APC repeated its earlier warning, contained in a statement it issued on April 21, 2015, to Nigerians to beware of such fraudulent claims, saying the party did not set up any committee to which Nigerians should submit their CVs for screening and possible federal appointmen­ts.

‘’As we wrote in our earlier statement, even when it is obvious that those behind this appointmen­t scam are merely seeking to swindle innocent Nigerians, some desperate and gullible persons may still fall prey to their evil machinatio­ns, hence we have decided to once again alert Nigerians,’’ the party said.

It said any informatio­n concerning appointmen­ts into federal posts will be duly communicat­ed to Nigerians at the appropriat­e time through the usual communicat­ion channels.

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