DSS arrests blogger over alleged posting of fake recruitment notice

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have nabbed the man allegedly behind the recent cloning of its website in which a notice was placed to falsely inform Nigerians that the agency was recruiting.

A competent source disclosed that the 32-year-old Sylvester Victor Augustus, a native of Abak Local Council, Akwa Ibom State, was reportedly arrested by DSS operatives, on Thursday, at his residence in Abak, Abak Local Councl.

He claimed to be a graduate of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO), a blogger and content creator. Augustus had cloned the DSS website and created a fake online recruitment notice, apparently with the intent of defrauding unsuspecting members of the public.

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