The Nigeria Customs Service has arrested one Abdul-Rahman Ibrahim, for impersonating the Chief of Staff to the President and other top government Officials
The NCS in a statement on its official X handle on Wednesday said Ibrahim in his fifties has fraudulently lured numerous unsuspecting citizens to pay him money for the issuance of ‘job appointment letters,’ thereby extorting over N1 million from them.
According to the statement, the NCS spokesperson, CSC Abdullahi Maiwada, revealed that the suspect’s arrest was made possible through intelligence gathered by the Customs Police Unit.
The statement partly read, “The suspect, Abdul-Rahman Ibrahim, was apprehended for his involvement in impersonating the Comptroller-General of Customs, Chief of Staff to the President, and the Secretary of the Ministry of Interior.
“This arrest underscores the relentless effort of the Nigeria Customs Service in mitigating and combating criminal elements who exploit the service’s name for fraudulent activities.”
Maiwada stressed that the suspect was found in possession of counterfeit documents, including fake Customs and NSCDC appointment letters, and forged introduction letters purportedly signed by high-ranking government officials, among others.
The Politics online had reported that the management of the NCS had disclosed that there was no recruitment exercise going on in its service, and warned citizens about fake recruitment adverts posted on social media platforms.