FAKE VISA AGENT NABBED.... ...Nigerians eager to leave their fatherland should do so with all carfulness

Fake travel specialist tricks UAE visa seekers of N2m 

Agents of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, Lagos State Police Command, have captured a 28-year-old man, who asserted he was a travel specialist and swindled planned explorers of N2 million. The presume distinguished as Emu-Larry Chidebere, who hails from Ika North Local Government Area of Delta State, as per the squad, supposedly gathered N400,000 for the obtainment of the United Arab Emirate's visa from forthcoming voyagers. The air pocket burst after one of the casualties, Abraham Jude, reported him to the squad, taking after his failure to get the UAE visa from the suspect, months after installment of N400,000. Clarifying how he interacted with the suspect, a crushed Abraham said: "When I was laid off from my work put in Abuja, I had the expectation of moving out of the nation to begin another life. "I met one Mr. Samuel Obed, who let me know that his nephew was working with an organization in the United Arab Emirates and that he could help me secure that nation's visa. "We began conveying by means of phone and he guaranteed me that he could secure Dubai visa for me at a sensible cost. He asked for N400,000, which I let him know I couldn't manage the cost of around then. "Later, he called me again to say that his office in Dubai was enlisting and that he had as of now presented my name for work. "He reeled out the advantages connected to the business and I started to hotspot for the cash. By the day's end I got the N400,000 and sent to him in Dubai through his Access Bank account. "Two days after installment, he quit picking my calls. Notwithstanding when he does, he would let me know that I shouldn't trouble myself any more that my cash has gone down the deplete. This incited me to report the case to the RRS." Arrested Vanguard assembled that it took the RRS four months before the suspect could be found, as he supposedly headed out to Dubai furthermore changed his phone number on arriving Nigeria. Amid cross examination, the presume confessed to have gathered the cash from the casualty, yet said that he spent the cash when endeavors to secure the visa for him fizzled. He said: "I can't deny the way that I gathered N400,000 from him. I really attempted to secure the visa for him however every one of my endeavors were futile. What's more, I began spending the cash bit by bit till I spent it every one of the." Four different casualties who claimed to have paid Chidebere N400,000 each for UAE visa additionally went by RRS office in Alausa, when they got twist of his capture. Affirming the capture, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, said that the suspect had been exchanged to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Yaba, for further examination.

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