Oyo State Government has arrested a man, Adeyemi Agboola, in Oyo town for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting applicants seeking recruitment into the state security network, codenamed Amotekun.
The middle-aged man, who operates a cyber café along Durbar Stadium Road in Oyo town, was arrested on Wednesday with 11 fake recruitment forms, which he was allegedly selling to unsuspecting applicants at N500 per copy, with a promise to assist them get the job.
One of his victims, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he was not aware that the form sold to him was fake until he was arrested at the screening venue.
State Commandant of the Amotekun Corps, Colonel Olayanju Olayinka, (retd.) said the culprit would face the law for his action as he has been handed over to the appropriate prosecuting agency.
He urged the members of the public to be wary of individuals that would always want to take advantage of others in the society because the victims were educationally deficient.
Olayinka stressed;
It is very unfortunate that people can still take advantage of others on recruitment exercise just because the victims are unlettered, we shall dig more to know the number of victims that have fallen for the antics pf this man.
We have handed him over to the appropriate prosecuting security agency, he shall serve as a deterrence to others that might want to thread this bad way, the State government has been working non-stop to alleviate poverty and sundry social issues affecting our people, but we will not allow the common people to be cheated by those who think they are cunning.
Olayinka enjoined all participants from other zones to desist cutting corners and that applicants should be very wary of the cyber operators they patronize for registration.
