62 Fake Corpers Arrested In Nasarawa State

The Nasarawa State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested 62 suspected fake corps members, including a nursing mother, at an illegal orientation camp.

NSCDC Commandant, Mr Andekin Musa, said men of the command, acting on a tip-off, arrested the fake corps members on Sunday at a hidden camp near Government Secondary School, Tammah in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. Among those arrested were 44 females and 18 males.

He said investigation revealed that the suspected fake corps members paid money ranging between N120, 000 and N200,000 before being admitted into the camp. According to him, one Mr Chinedu, believed to be the coordinator and director of the camp, is still at-large.