Beware of fraudsters, we don’t charge for recruitment – Army tells applicants
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Nigerian Army (NA) has warned interested applicants in the recruitment for the 74 Regular Recruits Intake for trades/non-tradesmen and women to beware of the activities of fraudsters.
This warning was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, on behalf of the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman.
According to army authority, the warning became necessary following the uncovering of the activities of a syndicate who specialised in defrauding the public in the guise of offering slots to join the Army.
The statement reads, “The attention of the Nigerian Army (NA) has been drawn to activities of fraudsters demanding money from applicants of the 74 Regular Recruits Intake for trades/non-tradesmen and women.
“The fraudsters had disseminated bulk SMS to mobile phones instructing applicants to pay the sum of N85,000 as processing fee.
“Another fraudster posing as a police officer at Umuahia had demanded the sum of N200,000 to sign the recruitment form for an applicant.
“The NA wishes to state that the processing of application forms into the army is free of charge, applicants are advised to log on to www.narecruitment.org to process their application forms”.
It said while effort was on-going to track and apprehend the fraudulent syndicates, the public should note, “Army never charged money for whatever reasons”.
The statement advised the public to report any person or group parading as agents of NA for the on-going recruitment to the nearest Nigerian Army Unit or police station.
