The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has discovered 17 suspects with fake certificates of exemption and exclusion.
Its management said three of the suspects using the certificates to work in one of the financial institutions, were on the run.
Four have been handed over to security agents for prosecution.
The suspects are Olatunbosun Abolarin, Yusuf Adekunle, Akan Macaulay and Abdullahi (other name withheld).
The suspects confessed to reporters at the NYSC headquarters at the weekend that they paid money ranging from N25,000; N40,000; N60,000 and N20,000 to get the fake certificates.
Speaking at the handing over in Abuja, the NYSC Director of Certification, Alhaji Hudu Aliyu Taura, said the arrest was made possible through the cooperation of their employers, who requested verification of their certificates.
He noted that 17 certificates were found to be fake during the verification exercise carried out by the scheme, adding that the remaining people and those on the run would soon be arrested.
Taura said it had become necessary for employers of labour to check with the NYSC to ascertain the genuineness of certificates submitted to them by applicants
When asked if any of the scheme’s workers was culpable in the matter, he said: “No! No NYSC staff was involved. They have mentioned the name of the person, their bank account and the amount they paid.”
