Police nab 5 over N6.8m Canadian visa scam

Five persons have been arrested by the police in La­gos for allegedly issu­ing fake visas to seven travelers after collect­ing N6,766,000 from them.

Three of the sus­pects, Titilayo Afose, Akintomide Ebenezer and Olabanji Daisi, who allegedly issued the fake visas in Ondo State were immediate­ly arrested. The three suspects led the police to arrest their other ac­complices: Lookman Ayodele Kareem and Temitope Yusuf.

According to the La­gos State PPRO, DSP Joseph Alabi, the seven victims approached the suspects to assist them in procuring Ca­nadian visas but they ended up issuing them fake visas.

The victims: Ayinla Akintunde, Akin­fadeyan David, Akin­sete Olabamiwaye, Akinbobore Akinliso­la, Akindipe Akinwu­mi, Ademola Adekun­le and Totuyemi Jones Alaba have all alleged paying various sums of money to the suspects.

DSP Alabi said a Golf car suspected to have been bought with proceeds from crime and the sum of N169,000 were recov­ered from the suspects.