An employee of MTN, Afisi Ayomide, has been arrested and arraigned before the Lagos Magistrates’ Court sitting at Cele, Ijeshatedo for allegedly defrauding more than 65 job seekers in Lagos.
The accused has allegedly collected N78,000 from each of the job seekers as fees for registration form, identity card and employment form.
Ayomide, a computer operator with the telecommunications giant, was still under probation and posted to the Sururere branch of the company, when he committed the offence.
The police found out that the suspect masterminded the plan how to dupe the innocent job seekers by employing an agent, who collected millions of naira from the desperate job seekers.
The total amount has not been determined by the police, but it is clear that people were defrauded for N5 millions minimum.
