“He Collected N500,000 Then Said ‘Do Your Worst'”: Father Alleges Govt House Policeman Scammed Him Over Job Promise For Son

“He Collected N500,000 Then Said ‘Do Your Worst'”: Father Alleges Govt House Policeman Scammed Him Over Job Promise For Son

Explaining the initial arrangement to SaharaReporters, he said the officer first collected ₦250,000 with a promise that the balance would be paid later when the job became available.

A Bida-based man in Niger State, Musa Mohammed, has alleged that a police officer attached to the Niger State Government House Etsu Ibrahim Mu’azu in Minna collected ₦500,000 from him with a promise to secure a job in the Nigeria Police Force for his son, but failed to deliver or refund the money.

Mohammed admitted to paying to secure his son a government job, explaining that it is difficult for people without political connections to gain such employment. He said the transaction lasted about 15 months, with payments made in installments after assurances that the recruitment would be finalized once the full amount was paid.

He provided payment receipts showing three transactions of ₦200,000 twice and ₦50,000, made between March 3, 2025, and May 4, 2025, totalling ₦450,000.

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Explaining the initial arrangement to SaharaReporters, he said the officer first collected ₦250,000 with a promise that the balance would be paid later when the job became available.

“Etsu Ibrahim Mu’azu, an officer attached to Niger State Government House, collected the sum of ₦500,000 from us to offer a police job since last year; that is, almost 15 months ago, but he didn’t provide the job and also didn’t refund the money,” Mohammed said.

 

He said the officer later insisted that the full amount must be completed, adding that he was told his superior directed that the payment be made in full due to demand for recruitment.

“He first of all collected ₦250,000 and said that when the job is available, we will pay the remaining before two months,” Mohammed said.

“Then he called back saying that his superior said that if the money was not completed, he should refund our money to us because there were many people in need of the job so the money (₦500,000) must be completed. So my family hustled to provide the remaining amount.”

Mohammed said they were forced to borrow money to complete the payment.

“At that point, we didn’t even have anything on the ground so we had to borrow from someone.”

He added that the family is still repaying the borrowed funds.

He said the officer also offered to lend the family the remaining amount to complete the agreed sum.

“He said he would lend us the remaining ₦50,000 to complete ₦500,000 requested,” Mohammed said.

Mohammed said that before the proposed training, the officer instructed them to make preparations and also requested additional payments for logistics and for settling those who would assist with their posting.

“Before they commenced the training, he told my son to get set and prepare himself because he would be called at any moment,” Mohammed said.

“He said we should give money to ‘settle’ the person who would guide him to where he would be posted, and we sent an additional ₦30,000. He assured us that the boy would get the job,” Mohammed said.

According to Mohammed, he later sent an additional ₦10,000 as appreciation after the ₦30,000 payment.

He said Mu’azu requested for the money.

Mohammed said the son travelled to Abuja ahead of the recruitment process and waited for weeks without being called.

“The boy went to Abuja even before he was called so that if they called him, he would not delay, and we had to prepare him financially again,” he said.

He added that after three weeks, there was still no call-up, and the officer advised them to remain patient.

“Since then, the boy had been in Abuja waiting for three consecutive weeks and he wasn’t called. We called the man, and he said we should relax,” he said.

Mohammed said the officer continued to assure them that the job would eventually materialise or that their money was safe.

He called for intervention over the matter.

He further alleged that similar incidents had been reported involving other persons.

“At the end of the day, we discovered this is what he has been doing to people, scamming them,” he said.

“The same thing happened to my brother’s son.

“He was also scammed by him, but before my brother’s son informed us, we were already in the process with him, and even my brother’s son’s money is still with him.”

Mohammed said the officer is currently serving at the Government House in Minna.

He also said that when he demanded a refund, the officer allegedly refused and issued a warning.

“Later, the man said we were disturbing him and that we should go and do our worst, as he would not refund our money,” he said.

Mohammed said the matter had been reported to the relevant authorities for investigation.

The family lamented that they have recently been unable to reach Mu’azu on any of the phone numbers he provided. Efforts by SaharaReporters to contact Mu’azu on his mobile lines also proved unsuccessful.

Similarly, attempts to obtain comments from the Niger State Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, were unsuccessful, as he did not answer calls or respond to WhatsApp messages.