EFCC Arrests Technician Over Alleged Employment Fraud

A man identified as Saifullahi Ismail, has been arrested by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for his alleged involvement in employment fraud.

He was arrested at Abakpa New Extension in Kaduna on April 30, 2025 following credible intelligence on his alleged involvement in employment fraud.

Ismail, a technician with Kaduna Electric Distribution Company was arrested based on intelligence linking him and his accomplice, Halima Yakubu Ngulde with obtaining money from job seekers on fraudulent promise of getting job placements for them in the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Army, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, EFCC, etc.

EFCC said it arrested Ngulde on November 2024 but Ismail had been evading arrest until Wednesday when he was held for the suspected offence.

Items recovered from him include a forged letter of employment by the EFCC.

He will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.