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| suspected crook |
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| Giade, NDLEA boss |
The National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a thirty-nine year-old man who parades
himself as NDLEA staff by extorting money from unsuspecting victims and
promising them employment and auction vehicles. The suspect, Adewunmi Ajide
Olayinka also known as Adewunmi Adeyinka Siaka collects between seventeen
thousand five hundred (N17,500) and forty thousand naira (N40,000) from members
of the public. He also extorted the sum of six hundred and eighty thousand
naira (N680,000) from another victim for the purchase of two NDLEA auction
vehicles and employment of his son.
Chairman/Chief Executive of
the NDLEA Ahmadu Giade who is pleased with the arrest of Adewunmi said that it will
serve as a warning to other fraudsters. According to Giade, “the NDLEA is not
conducting recruitment and will not recruit secretly. We are determined to deal
decisively with fraudsters who defraud members of the public under the guise of
employment or helping them to buy auction vehicles. Members of the public
should learn from this case and avoid dealing with fraudsters. The suspect will
soon be charged to court”.
The NDLEA boss added that
the Agency does not conduct secret recruitment and called on members of the
public to always confirm from the nearest NDLEA office to avoid being swindled.
NDLEA investigation
revealed that Adewunmi had defrauded many victims under the guise of helping
them to secure employment with the Agency.
The tide turned against him when ten victims visited the Ibadan office of
the Agency requesting for information about the next batch of training at the NDLEA
Academy in Jos slated for December 16, 2014. Adewunmi was eventually traced and
arrested at a private location in Ibadan. Items recovered from him include curriculum
vitae of applicants, Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment form and his international
passport with the name Adewunmi Adeyinka Siaka.
NDLEA Oyo State Commander,
Mrs. Omolade Faboyede stated that she was surprised as some of the victims came
to the command asking for the details of training for newly recruited staff. “We
were shocked when we received complaints from some of the victims who came to the
office to find out details about their training. That was how we commenced investigation
and in the process the suspect was apprehended. In the course of interrogation,
we got another complaint from a man who paid N680,000 for the employment of his
son and purchase of two auction vehicles from the Abuja office of the NDLEA.
Let me use this opportunity to call on whoever has paid money for employment to
contact the nearest NDLEA office for a follow up investigation” Omolade stated.
The suspect in his
statement said that it was joblessness that compelled him into the criminal act.
The 1997 Ordinary National Diploma (OND) graduate of Business Administration
hails from Ila-Orogun, Osun State.
“I told a man that I work with
the NDLEA and that I can assist his son get job through on-going internal
recruitment. He then gave me N40,000 naira and I discovered that it was easy
for people to pay money for recruitment. That was how it all started. It was
joblessness that made me to do it because I was selling Nigeria films in Abuja
until I lost my shop and residential accommodation. I also collected money from
a man that I will help him to buy Toyota Sienna and Toyota Camry at a very cheap
price during NDLEA auction sales in Abuja. Some people paid money into my bank account
while others paid cash. Now that I am arrested I feel bad and I advise others defrauding
people to quit the criminal act because they will be arrested someday” Adewunmi
stated.
Ofoyeju Mitchell
Head, Public Affairs
08034088136
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