The Civil Defense, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has called on Nigerians and the general public to disregard recent online publications claiming to provide a recruitment timeline for the four agencies under its supervision.

These agencies include; Nigeria Correctional Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Federal Fire Service, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence respectively.

Towards this, CDCFIB in an official statement signed by the Board’s Secretary, Maj Gen AM Jibril (Rtd), on Tuesday said these publications were unauthorized and therefore should be disregarded by the general public.

The statement stressed that any legitimate and authorized recruitment process for the Nigeria Correctional Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Federal Fire Service, and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps will be officially announced through at least two national newspapers and the agencies’ official websites.

The Board therefore urged unsuspecting Nigerians to be careful so as not to fall victims of the fraudulent activities of these recruitment syndicates and scammers who parade about.

The statement reads in parts; “The attention of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), has been drawn to some online publications informing the general public of a purported timeline for recruitment into the four services under its purview.

“The Board wishes to inform the general public that the purported online publications did not emanate from the Board and, as such, should be disregarded.

“Also, the Board wishes to warn the members of the public to be wary of the activities of fake recruitment syndicates and racketeers.

“The Board wishes to reiterate that the recruitment into Nigeria Correctional Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Federal Fire Service, and Nigeria Security and Civil Defense will be duly publicized in at least two National dailies and on their official website.

“Also, any information concerning recruitment into these agencies not emanating from the official website as well as National Newspapers should be disregarded. Anyone dealing with non-official media does so at his or her own risk.”