By Taye Obateru

Jos – Plateau State Police Command has smashed a syndicate specialised in forging certificates of tertiary institutions and National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, documents.

State Police Commissioner, Mr. Dipo Ayeni, disclosed this, yesterday, while briefing journalists on efforts to maintain peace and check criminal activities in four months of the declaration of a state of emergency in four local government areas of the state.

He said the three-member syndicate were found with fake certificates of the University of Jos, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, NYSC discharge certificates and sealing stamp, among others.

The Commissioner described maintaining security in the state during the period as a herculean task, but noted that the various security agencies had been cooperating to ensure law and order in the state.

He said: “We collaborated and cooperated with other security agencies and stakeholders to make our task of providing security for law-abiding citizens a reality.”