Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a suspected Canadian visa fraudster, Enock Ogungbamigbe in Abuja.
It was gathered that the suspect specialised in defrauding Nigerians desperate to migrate to Canada either to work or continue their education through fake visas and job offers.
The 32-year-old, who owns a garden in Mpape, a suburb of Abuja, was picked up at the Transcorp Hotel, Abuja, by EFCC operatives when he responded to an appointment to procure a visa for an applicant intending to migrate to Canada. Unknown to him, that it was bait.
The EFCC’s Director of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, who revealed this in a statement on Friday noted that Ogungbamigbe’s arrest followed a petition by a victim who lost N5m to the suspect as processing fees for visa to Canada.
Uwujaren said, “The suspect had also promised the victim a job upon arrival in Canada. But he only delivered fake visas to his victims and all efforts to recover the money were futile. The suspect will be charged as soon as investigation is concluded.”
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