Sekondi, May 27, GNA – The Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested one Kojo Sakyi, a 53-year old Ghanaian for fraudulently recruiting men and women for the Service.
Kojo Sakyi, who resides in Takoradi was arrested by the Command on Monday, May 25, 2020.
Assistant Inspector Moses Manford Akakpo, Regional Public Relations Officer told the Ghana News Agency that a team of officers, drawn from the Intelligence and the Enforcement Units, of the Command foiled Sakyi’s attempt to further defraud some unsuspecting and desperate individuals of various sums of money under the pretext of getting them recruited into the Service.
“The officers had to trail the suspect for three consecutive days, before finally arresting him at AGIP, near the Takoradi Jubilee Park where he, had lured one of his victims to, to pay a sum of Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH5000.00) to seal the deal.”, He said.
Assistant Inspector Akakpo said, already, the victim, had forwarded his Certificates and other relevant documents demanded to Sakyi’s WhatsApp number (MTN-0540520459).
He added that, since the officers, had put the suspect under close surveillance, they were able to move in on him around 12:15 hours when he had just received the said amount.
He said the suspect, admitted the offense in his caution statement with further interrogation revealing that the suspect charged between 3000 and 5000 cedis for Cadets Officers and Recruits Officers respectively.
The suspect has since been referred to the National Headquarters of the Ghana Immigration Service, for further investigation and prosecution.
The Public Relations Officer warned the public against such false recruitment adding, ” Ghana Immigration Service is currently not recruiting; for that matter, all such social media platforms/publications should be disregarded and treated with the contempt it deserves.”
The Service has the following as its traditional mediums through which advertisements for recruitments are communicated to the general public, News Papers, and the Ghana Immigration Service website (www.gis.gov.gh).
The GIS does not have assigned agents, social media platforms, or mobile money accounts through which such recruitments are made, he added.
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