A 26-year-old banker, Daniel Makanjuola, has been arrested by the Police in Lagos for using a forged West African Senior School Certificate and Lagos State University’s statement of result to get a job at Wema Bank Plc, Marina branch,Lagos Island.
The police said
Makanjuola pretended that he was a degree holder in marketing with Second Class, Upper Division, and had also provided a forged National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate and a reference letter to the bank before he gained employment. He claimed to have obtained the letter from United Bank for Africa, where he supposedly worked previously.
According to Punch, Daniel who is from Ijero Local Government Area in Ekiti State, had joined the bank in 2013, before he was sacked in July 2015 after the documents were confirmed to be fake.
It was gathered that the fraudulent act was discovered after WEMA Bank management had sent a verification letter UBA to to verify the authenticity of the reference letter. UBA was said to have denied any knowledge of Makanjuola and the letter.
After the discovery, the bank decided to write West African Examinations Council and LASU, to confirm the veracity of his documents but both exam bodies disclaimed the results Makanjuola had presented to WEMA
The suspect was arrested after the case was reported at the Lion Building Police Station.
After his arrest, the suspect, in a statement to the police confessed to the crime and explained how he obtained the forged certificates.
He said he made the fake documents because he couldn’t get a job and he wanted to alleviate the poverty in his family.
He said:
“I am actually a National Diploma holder. I secured the fake WASCE and LASU results, using a search engine and CorelDraw application. I scanned an NYSC certificate and used some applications to edit it. I did it in order to put an end to the suffering of my poor family. I am the only son of my father. I want the authority to be compassionate with my case. I was only trying to live a better life.”
A police prosecutor, Inspector I. Okeke, arraigned Makanjuola at the Tinubu Magistrate’s Court on three counts of forgery.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges before the presiding magistrate, Mr. A. Adefulire.
Adefulire granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum. He adjourned the case till October 22, 2015.
Source: Punch
This is a case of dead body get accident....Yeepa!
I feel so sorry for him trying to use a bad means to help his poor family.
Fine boy. his girlfriend now will disown him.
ReplyDeleteThey always have a touching excuse!
DeleteMtcheew
Lmao
DeleteLol, at his galfrnd.
DeleteWhy is he now pleading not guilty after confessing. He is even greedy, he didn't see 3rd class to give himself, he ran to 2nd class upper! You for give yourself first class nauuu.
DeleteHmmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteUnlucky him. So many out there.
Deletethe hustle is real
ReplyDelete#GODWIN™
Na wah oh....
ReplyDeleteSo many of this type of cases in most companies. He must have gbensh a lot of ladies now forming banker. Lol
DeleteSorry o
Read it yesterday and felt bad for him.really bad.
ReplyDeleteMy dear,u did wrong.yea.but I mean my sympathy ls wit u.
I still prefer what he has done though very bad to being a hardened criminal .Some other dude in his shoes will choose the easy way out, join a gang and be terrorising people.
DeleteThey should make his sentence light if he must be punished.
Whirlwind
True @Whirlwind.He's still far better than those that will rob and kill people for survival.
DeleteI pray his sentence won't be too hard though.
Some Nigerians don't think. Why forge?
ReplyDeleteYou will still be found out in d end and publicly shamed
since he had ND why didn't he use it to get employment? Greed kills!!!
Deleteawwww
ReplyDeleteplease help me o bvs, how can i change the name on my nysc cert to my father's name o thanks
Did you put your boyfriend's name on it, Or how did you come about wanting to change name back to your father's? Abi u bin dey sleep dat time?
DeleteIs too late now, u can change it again do u want to.go to abj and complain dey will.not even answer u, u shld av register wit father name at d orientation camp.
Deleteyes cos i have a child for him and we were almost getting married but it didn't work at the end.... so everybody moved on.
Deletemeanwhile, nysc has already changed my surname to his cos i was nine months pregnant and need to be redeployed.
crying, please help me bvs
Like.seriously I don't know.wat u can do about it
DeleteLol. Madam, I sympathise with you.
DeleteYou lied yesterday and you are still lying today. Tell the truth so you can get honest solutions.
DeleteYou used a fake marriage certificate to get NYSC to deploy you where he is, the only way forward is to get a divorce decree and do a formal news paper change of name. Next time don't lie and do fake things
NYSC didn't change your name you did stop being clever by half
Deletehow were you even allowed to use the name without a marriage certificate?
DeleteEyah! The long arm of the law finally caught up with him.
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Eyah! The long arm of the law finally caught up with him.
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I don't blame the poor man,
ReplyDeleteThis country is wack!
U go to school and after that no hope of getting a job even after serving one's fatherland.
And idle man is the Devils workshop,
Government shld do something abt unemployment in this country,
Makanjuola, sorry u ended this way,
U shld av known dis won't last forever,
One day for the thief....
Poor you!
I pity him too.Wat he did was wrong.
DeleteBut I feel a lot of youths have a mental laziness to do something for themselves. Everyone keeps looking for the white-collar job. Entrepreneurship does not require much capital, it's patience and persistence to grow it. Where there is a need it is an opportunity to create wealth. The idea makes the money. There are a number of things to do. I had been in the bank for 12 years and now on the streets and I have survived since April doing quite a number of legit things and getting income. It might not be as lucrative as what I was earning because they are still growing. If interested contact me via my email chiedualigbe78@gmail.com
DeleteContact this guy at your own peril. This is a new scam targeted at desperate job seekers and unemployed people. They will chop your small savings. He can create wealth yet he is jumping from nairaland to different blogs trying to collect N5000 and N10000 from innocent desperate people, do this at your own peril
DeleteI know someone who forged a B.Sc and NYSC certificate and she is currently working in a bank...don't worry when your story hits the news you will finally understand the importance of concentrating on your studies instead of doing runs.
ReplyDeleteHe has OND without WAEC don't you need it to get into the polytechnic most banks employ people with such certificate
ReplyDeleteI don't think he has any
Face the music
Wait o i dnt understand. He confessed to d crime and yet pleaded not guilty. Is that even possible? Or d police just wanted to collect bail money.
ReplyDeleteNways in as much as his case is pitiable,there isnnt an excuse for crime.
U do d crime u do d term.
Guy got guts even though its a pity
ReplyDeleteEyaaah. What a pity. He could have gotten this same bank job with his National diploma through recruitment agencies though as a junior or contract staff which would have been better for him.
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Damn.... Some people just too gather liver i swear...... Sorry for his life though...
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It's a pity,but na this kind thing they will find out sharp sharp. Poor you!
ReplyDeleteThey should leave the boy Jor...
ReplyDeleteAtleast he forged to better his life unlike others that do terrible things and get away with it.
Shey banks are looking for 2.1 graduates to use and dispose like sanitary pads?
My only problem with this young man will be if he didn't upgrade himself educationally within the 2yrs he worked.
It's a pity.
ReplyDeleteYimu! Like his case is peculiar? What happened to all them House members and senators who had before now forged certificates? Nada!!! Only the poor are named and shamed in this mo'f****** Country called Nigeria. If jobs were available and the govt both past and present were concerned about its citizens nothing like this would ever even happen. See Nigerians with their young children and wives risking open sea and the Atlantic just get off this country... That isn't shameful enough? In this very country One day, to borrow the words of the "Prophet" #SoundSuLTAN Bush-meat go catch the hunter!
ReplyDeleteHmmm, wrong way of getting money
ReplyDeleteEyah I feel so sorry for him,he should hv used his Ond certificate to secure a job @ d bank.
ReplyDeleteI don't even blame u at all, if at all u av original certificate dey might not offer him d job. God will help in dis Nigeria
ReplyDeleteHe did wrong but I feel sorry for him..
ReplyDeleteIt's because he got caught them plenty for ministry. I know a former neighbor of mine she reduced her age like 12 years she Don pass 67 but she is still working in the ministry. She get masters oooo but she can't fill teller in a bank....
There is fraud everywhere. Even for visa and passport. God help Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteHow was he caught though because many people do it, so how was he singled out? I'm sure that a close frenemy reported him.... Oga what you did was wrong sha, while working you would've @least enrolled in another school PT..
ReplyDeleteToo bad, 1 more youth wasted!!! Govt do something
See what poverty/unemployment has caused.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...i feel sorry for him though but forgery is a crime so he has to bear the consequences of his action.
ReplyDeleteEeyah, he didn't allow the meaning of his name (Makanjuola. Don't be hasty to make wealth) to have a positive effect on him. Good intention, bad approach.
ReplyDeleteThe rate of unemployment in this country is alarming...
ReplyDeleteI pity him though....
Forged certificate? I mean all credentials forged and he got a full time job with a bank. Dis country is crazy, I ve original certificates, job experience with two banks and no job. Damn. Dave
ReplyDeleteWhy will I feel sorry for him, he has been collecting over 150k for two years so let him get himself a good lawyer. He is just feeling sad now cos he was caught. Dave
ReplyDeleteLet him face the consequences of his crime.
ReplyDeleteAwww... I really feel for him... Even though what he did wasn't right. Nigerian government should buckle up in putting an end to unemployment.. It's not easy at all. #sad
ReplyDeleteI agree with you @preacher'wife, I pity him as well but at the same time while having spent like 2 yrs he would have gotten his school living certificate by now. I pray his sentence should be light
ReplyDeleteSo sad..there is no excuse for breaking the law. Why not go into business or learn a craft. It is well
ReplyDeletePoor guy
ReplyDeletethe guy face sef be like face wey i dey see ur counter
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