Crime
Fake DSS Officer Arrested For Job Scam In Jigawa
On interrogation, the suspects admitted to the commission of the offence
A 27-year-old man named Kamilu Bappa has been arrested by the Jigawa State Police Command on suspicion of impersonating a Department of State Services (DSS) officer.
In a statement released on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, the spokesperson of the Jigawa State Police Command, stated that the suspect and an accomplice are accused of scamming students from Jigawa State Polytechnic, Dutse. They allegedly pretended to offer assistance in securing DSS and NDLEA positions but were involved in fraudulent activities.
“On 16/9/2023 at about 1100hrs, one Haruna Ibrahim ‘m’ and one other, all of Jigawa state Polytechnic Dutse, reported at Dutse police station that, one Kamilu Bappa ‘m’ of Garko LGA, Kano state, deceitfully introduced himself to them as personnel of Department of State Services (DSS) and collected the sum of three hundred and five thousand naira (₦305,000.00) from them with the pretence of getting them DSS and Nigeria Drug and Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) job respectively.
“On receipt of the report, detectives attached to Dutse Division swung into action and arrested the suspect in possession of a DSS uniform trousers. On interrogation, the suspects admitted to the commission of the offence.
Furthermore, the image maker added that the suspect will be arraigned before the court of law to face the full weight of the law after a discreet investigation at state SCID Dutse.