An alleged fake army officer, Ochochi Inalegun, on Friday appeared before a Karu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja, charged with defrauding nine military job seekers of N998,000.


Mr. Inalegun, 33, who pleaded not guilty, was arraigned on a five-count charge of impersonation and unlawful possession of fake documents.
He was accused of cheating his victims in March 2012 while posing as an army officer able to get hem jobs in the Nigerian Army and Civil Defence Corps.
The public prosecutor, Bulus Samuel, told the court that the accused had paraded himself in full army camouflage and swindled the “desperate job seekers” before his arrest.
Mr. Samuel alleged that after the victims had waited for months without getting their appointment letters as agreed, they reported the case at the police station. He said that the accused was arrested and 77 copies of certificates belonging to other victims were found in his house following a search. 50 passport photographs belonging to his victims and N60, 000 were also recovered from the accused person.
Mr. Samuel said that during interrogation, Mr. Inalegun confessed to the alleged crime.


“The accused confessed that he was doing the business with a naval commander, whom he identified, as Osita Young. He told police interrogators that he gave Osita and one Jonah, a lieutenant, the sums of N280,000 and N180,000, respectively to start the job process before he was caught,” the prosecutor said.
The offences contravened Sections 97, 312, 322 and 132 of the Penal Code and if convicted the accused person would serve 13 years in prison with an option of fine or both.
The Chief Magistrate, Hadiza Dodo, granted the accused bail in the sum of N1 million and a reliable surety who must be a federal civil servant not below grade level 12. Ms. Dodo ruled that the surety must be resident within the jurisdiction of the court and his addresses verified by the prosecutor. She adjourned the case to September 18 for hearing.
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What is wrong with Nigerians always falling for everything

Hehehe! This guy don chop their office tire.

Desperate job seekers will alwys fall victim.

Mehn let me comment 1st be4 reading

In ASA's voice..."dais fire on d mountain n nobody seems 2 b on d run" who is responsible 4 wat we teach our children? is it d internet or television? bt eh,1day d rivers will ovaflow n we will run..run..wishing we had pulled out d fire...waiting 4 d day dis fire(corruption) will b pulled out,until den,my lips re sealed.

space booked







waka pass





dem don dupe my younger broda like dt b4 sef

what about the other Officers?? abi na only him chop the money ni??

Nigeria... May God help us. What do u xpect... U know what they say about a drowning man and straws. Btwn the jobseekers truly got served, if u have such money to entrust in a strangers hand kukuma use am start up something even if its small. Nobody wan die but we wan go heaven

Hustling tins

This job seeker's scam sef, na so the job thing hard?

Hmmmmm. Fraud going on daily.

Nothing new

I like when an unscrupulous element like this one is brought to book but unfortunately, it doesn't serve as the deterrent to others in most cases. Wish Government could expedite action towards creating massive jobs for the masses. Uncle Jona should look in this direction.

:oNawa oo

Why on earth must i pay somebody to get me a job, abi make him pay in advance before i start the work?

Maga don pay

AS SOME SOLDIERS DON TURN POLITICIANS, SOME DO BECOME BUSINESSMEN.
I SEE ONE SOLDIER AT OTIGBA THE OTHER DAY WITH LAPTOP...I SMILE, YAHOO TINZ.

madjune: AS SOME SOLDIERS DON TURN POLITICIANS, SOME DO BECOME BUSINESSMEN.
I SEE ONE SOLDIER AT OTIGBA THE OTHER DAY WITH LAPTOP...I SMILE, YAHOO TINZ.

Soldier for that matter.
That is why a woman must be pregnant one day, and give bith to another Sanni Abacha.

Nigeria situation caused it.

alleged fake soldier?

where dem dey recruit these journalist sef

This guy no won carry lax at all.

This guy no won carry lax at all.

madjune: AS SOME SOLDIERS DON TURN POLITICIANS, SOME DO BECOME BUSINESSMEN.
I SEE ONE SOLDIER AT OTIGBA THE OTHER DAY WITH LAPTOP...I SMILE, YAHOO TINZ.

This guy no won carry lax at all. Chai, I cant stop laffin !!!!

Na wao!How were jobs gotten in yester-years? Are there still people sincere enough to give people job without asking for 'gratification' or 'processing fee'.why would people want to have their reward hear on earth even by unscrupulous means when there is a promise for a better reward in heaven? I think that name rings a bell from d north central geo-polical zone.