Men of the Nigeria Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Nasarawa State on Tuesday arrested 87 fake corps members. It was gathered that the arrest was made at a hotel in a town in Nassarawa State, where the fake corps members had gathered to collect discharge certificates.
The Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC, Mr. Soji Alabi, told Daily Trust that the operation which lasted an hour, followed a tip off.
“Our men have been monitoring activities at the hotel. We targeted that day, and arrested 87 fake corps members”, he said.
He said the ceremony was taking place at the same time the NYSC was issuing out discharge certificates to genuine corps members of the state in Keffi.
Alabi said, “Nobody could have imagined that, that kind of thing was going on there.”
He said no member of the syndicate has been arrested, adding, “They are still at large, but investigation into the matter is on-going”.
Alabi, who said the fake corps members paid between N120 and N150 each for the discharge certificates, added that most of them were drop-outs.
He further said that the command has transferred the fake corps members to its headquarters in Abuja for prosecution.
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