{"id":296314,"date":"2023-11-07T22:22:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T21:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=296314"},"modified":"2023-11-07T22:22:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T21:22:24","slug":"passport-racketeering-immigration-nabs-three-suspects-in-ondo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/11\/07\/passport-racketeering-immigration-nabs-three-suspects-in-ondo\/","title":{"rendered":"Passport racketeering: Immigration nabs three suspects in Ondo"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Suspects were paraded at the NIS passport office in Akure<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three suspects allegedly involved in passport racketeering have been arrested by operatives of the Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, identified as Etaoghere Cyril, Okunika Joy, and Adehaka Blessing, were paraded at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/10\/15\/passport-nis-boss-orders-probe-of-alleged-misconduct-of-immigration-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NIS passport office<\/a> in Akure, the capital of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Parading the suspects, the command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent Oladapo Bayode, said they charged N80,500 for a 32-page, five-year validity passport, N100,500 for a 64-page, five-year validity passport, and N165,000 for a 64-page, 10-year validity passport.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bayode, the action of the racketeers is against the widely publicised cost of passports on the NIS official website.<\/p>\n<p>Bayode maintained that the arrest of the suspects was a sequel to a series of complaints from some members of the public about the lapses in passport administration that perpetrated fraud.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cOn hearing of such a syndicate in Akure, the PCO sent an officer to disguise himself as a civilian looking to obtain a passport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must make it known to members of the public that the Nigerian passport being issued by the Nigeria Immigration Service is neither a commodity that can be bargained over nor a service that NIS employs agents to carry out on her behalf. 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