Dismissed soldier nabbed for defrauding 3 people

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a dismissed soldier, Aliyu Adamu, on charges of impersonation, cheating, misappropriation and breach of trust.

The command’s spokesman, SP Ahmed Muhammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement, said, “This arrest followed complaints from three individuals who reported that L/Cpl Aliyu Adamu collected a total sum of N200,000 from them, promising to secure enlistment for them in the Nigerian Army. However, they were not invited to the Nigerian Army Depot for training as promised.”

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Wakil said that the suspect admitted to having been dismissed as a lance corporal from the army a few months ago for being Absent Without Leave (AWOL) for a year, and that used the money collected from the victims for personal purposes.