Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nasarawa State command, on Monday, arrested 62 fake
corps members at another fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation
camp at Tammah village, in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state.
The Nigerian Tribune gathered that the fake
orientation camp was to operate for just one day, in which all the fake corps
members would take their photographs with both the NYSC vested crest and other
kits and were likely to be issued fake certificates forthwith for future
references.
Parading the suspects, 44 females and 18 males,
the state commandant, Mr Andekin Amos Musa, said the arrest was made possible
through the routine surveillance of members of the state command, adding that
four drivers, who convened them to the village and one of the photographers
assigned for the illicit job, were also arrested.
According to him: “The suspected fake corps
members were arrested at the outskirt of Nasarawa town near the
Government Secondary School and investigations are still on, as they will be
charged to court immediately after investigations. Our investigations thus
far revealed that one Mr Chinedu, was the coordinator and director of the
fake camp.
“Further investigations revealed that the
suspected fake corps members paid money ranging from N120,000 to
N200,000 before they were admitted to the camp. “I want to warn parents
and guardians to monitor their children and wards very closely, so as to curb
their excesses,” he added.
In an interview with newsmen, some of the
suspects, who were alleged to be running evening classes at the University of
Jos, Jos, Plateau State capital, lamented that they were lured into it, saying,
“we were not aware it is fake due to our desperation to get job after the
education, because without the NYSC certificate, we may not get a job in the
future.”
It will be recalled that the command had paraded
fake corps members, who were arrested at two different fake camps in
preparations for induction and orientation in the outskirt of the state,
recently.
