BEVERLY HILLS, August 12, (THEWILL) – The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Mohammed Momoh, for posing as an aide to the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, to defraud one Benson Agiobu of $50, 000.
The 42-year-old indigene of Kogi State in Nigeria’s north-central region and a former worker at the Presidential Villa, requested the money to secure an appointment for Agiobu as the Special Adviser to the President on Oil and Gas.
DSS Public Relations Officer, Dr Peter Afunaya, paraded the suspect on Tuesday at a press briefing in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Afunanya said the suspect had approached Agiobu, from Bayelsa State, telling him he was a security aide attached to Gambari.
Momoh had claimed that $25, 000 would be given to the Chief of Staff while the remaining would be for “the boys who would help secure the appointment.” Momoh and his team subsequently visited Abiogu in his house in Abuja to collect the money.
Afunanya said, “Abiogu suspected they were fraudulent and alerted authorities leading to a sting operation that was conducted by the service, where Momoh was nabbed.”
He warned Nigerians desirous of political appointments to beware of fraudsters who harvest information with the sole aim of defrauding unsuspecting victims.
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The DSS spokesman also appealed to Nigerians to always report the activities of fraudsters to security agencies in order to stem the tide of name dropping, impersonation, and obtaining by tricks.
