he Nigeria Police have arrested three men running a fake recruitment agency known as Universal Response and Rescue Support Foundation, purportedly belonging to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.


The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mbah stated this on Friday at the Force Headquarters Abuja while parading the leader of the syndicate, 45 year old Michael Abraham and two other members of the syndicate, Lemmy Odogwu and Innocent Prosper.

Mbah said this organization which has an illegal training camp in Lagos with branches in Ekiti, Cross River and Imo States as well as Abuja, and claims to be in charge of recruitment for the UN, had exploited the gullibility of Nigerian youths to hoodwink many able-bodied citizens into parting with their money.
He said so far, they have extorted an estimated sum of N7 million from their various victims, adding that the website being used by the syndicate is www.universalrescuecorps.com.

He also said the three members of the syndicate nabbed will soon be arraigned in court on charges of criminal conspiracy, impersonation, cheating and forgery.

According to the Force PRO, "Items recovered from the suspects include: 181 copies of unfilled recruitment forms with UN logo, 20 photograph copies of URRSF members in paramilitary uniforms, a booklet containing lists of recruitment and phone numbers of intending members of URRSF, one Toyota Sequenda Jeep with registration number BGT 151 AA and other incriminating items.”

He further said the Inspector General if Police (IGP) Mohammed Abubakar has pledged to re-double efforts at ensuring that positive gains at reducing crimes by the Police and other security agencies in 2013 are sustained and improved upon.

The IGP advised prospective job seekers to always seek confirmation from appropriate authorities on all job-related promos and adverts in order not to fall prey to scammers. (www.nigeriantimes.ng)

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