The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, told newsmen that the accused persons specialised in issuing fake certificates of secondary and tertiary institutions to interested individuals.
According to him, the suspects
were tracked down based on intelligence report gathered from the members
of the public; leading to the arrest of the syndicate at their Trans
Ekulu office, Enugu, where various fake certificates were recovered.
“We received information that some people issue fake certificates of
various secondary schools, polytechnics and universities at a cost,
ranging from N60, 000 and above. We caught them at a point they wanted
to hand over a Higher National Diploma Certificate of the Institute of
Management and Technology, (IMT), Enugu to one of their victims.“One of the certificates has the stamps with an inscription of Mechanical Engineering Department of IMT. We also recovered during the raid on their office, six copies of senior secondary school certificates, four identity cards and 45 files, suspected to be owned by their candidates. Apart from these, the police also recovered substances suspected to be hard drugs.”
The spokesman named the suspects as Ikechukwu Olisa, Anthony Nwankwo and Osinachi Udoka.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abubakar Mohammed, has praised the intelligence operatives for their efforts; even as he thanked members of the public for providing useful information on criminals within the state.
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