By Olayemi Esan, Abuja
The Nigerian Army has warned the general public to be mindful of a fraudulent advert trending online of a purported recruitment of graduate interns into 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna.
A statement relayed to AbujaCityJournal by the Director Army Public Relations, Brig Gen Onyema Nwachukwu cautioned Nigerians to be wary of fraudsters' deceptive antic to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
According to him, the “advert is not only fake, but fraudulent and should be disregarded in its entirety by members of the public.
“The Nigerian Army is not unmindful of the antics of some unscrupulous and fraudulent online merchants, whose stock in trade is to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. These online fraudsters are warned to desist from such criminal activities, which adversely affect the image and reputation of the Nigerian Army.
"It is also important to state that at present, the Nigerian Army has not put out any advert for sales of forms.
“Consequently, the general public is advised to shun any individual or group using various social media platforms to fraudulently advertise the sales of Internship forms for recruitment into 44 NARHK.
“The Nigerian Army wishes to reiterate that all activities relating to Graduate Internship recruitment into the 44 NARHK are usually publicized in the print and traditional electronic broadcast media when the need arises,” the statement read.