PRESS RELEASE

RE: CASE OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, FORGERY AND UTERING

OF FORGED APPOINTMENT LETTERS OF THE NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORP(NSCDC)

SUSPECTS:

i.             W/Cpl Paulina Adoyi (NPF)

ii.            Abbah S.  Godwin (Admin Officer, NSCDC)

iii.          Solomon Ogodo (Account Officer, NSCDC)

iv.          Uzege Micheal (Documentation Officer, NSCDC)

v.           Ijamu Oyihoma (Operative, NSCDC)

vi.          Isaac Okpe (Operative NSCDC)

vii.        Ijamu Adebo (Operative, NSCDC)

It will be recalled that the Inspector-General of Police, received a letter of complaint No. NSCDC/NHQ/INT/362/VOL.1/017 dated 28^th August, 2008 from the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp on the above case.

The Inspector-General of Police Sir (Dr.) Mike Mbama Okiro, CFR, NPM, mni, directed Special Investigation Unit, Force Headquarters Abuja to painstakingly investigate the case and report its findings.

Consequently, a diligent investigation was carried out and it was discovered that, a syndicate within the Nigeria Security and Defence Corp and one W/Cpl Paulina Adoyi who has been dismissed acted as their agent.  Also the investigation revealed the accused persons played various roles in the document fraud and it was established that hundreds of unsuspecting applicants paid various sums of money ranging from forty thousand naira to one hundred thousand naira to the members of the syndicate to secure employment into the NSCDC. 

Bank accounts of all suspects revealed that huge sums of money between two hundred and fifty thousand and fourteen million naira were lodged into their private accounts while the criminal activities lasted.

However, mid way into the investigation of the case, two of the suspected persons namely; Solomon Ogodo and Isaac Okpe opened-up and exposed the crime to their superiors.  The NSCDC subsequently claimed that they used them as “undercover agents” to help in apprehending one of the suspects.  The two suspects were in actual sense key suspects in the crime.  Five suspects were charged to court while the others whom NSCDC claimed as undercover agent were reported still at large, until the court issued a warrant on NSCDC before they were consequently released by the Corp for prosecution.

Meanwhile, court has ordered suspects to be remanded in prison custody and the case has been adjourned to 10/07/2009, for further hearing. 

ACP EMMANUEL C.S. OJUKWU

FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,

THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE,

FORCE HEADQUARTERS,

ABUJA.