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The Kaduna Electric company says a suspected employment racketeer, identified as Abdulrahman Junaid, has been arrested for issuing fake employment letters to job seekers in the state.

In a statement on Tuesday, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, head of corporate communication at the organisation, said the police was alerted after two job seekers, identified as Abdullahi Abubakar and Isiya iliyasu, presented the fake letters to the company.

Abdullahi said after receiving the letters, two young men came to the company for documentation as new employees of the Zaria regional office.

He said the security division of the company partnered with the police to trace the suspect to Funtua in Katsina state.

He added that the suspect was nabbed by the Funtua division of the police.

“Preliminary investigation conducted by the police revealed that the said Abdulrahman Junaidu was working with one Aliyu Sani from Sokoto, who is currently at large, to defraud unsuspecting members of the public of millions of naira,” the statement reads.

“It has been established that the duo of Aliyu Sani and Abdulrahman Junaidu have been fraudulently issuing fake employment letters and other sensitive documents of Kaduna Electric, a practice that is not only morally reprehensible but also criminal; we shall ensure that the culprits are brought to justice.

“Kaduna Electric has robust recruitment and security systems that detect fake employment letters.”

The spokesperson said the police are on the trail of the second racketeering suspect.

The company urged members of the public to be wary of fraudsters.