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| The fake couple |
The Special Fraud Unit (SFU)
of the Nigeria Police, Milverton, Ikoyi, has arrested a fake couple, Adejayan
Adetokunbo and Funke Adebisi, who specialise in smuggling Nigeria abroad
especially the United States of America.
The couple were arrested
following a tip off by the Assistant Regional Security Officer, United States
Consulate General, when they went to the embassy to collect their visas.
In a petition addressed to
the Commissioner of Police, SFU, CP Tunde Ogunsakin, the consulate had alleged
that the supposed couple had
conspired and gone to the US Embassy for interview for Immigrant Visa to USA as
a couple.
According to the consulate,
the said marriage was discovered to be fraudulent as they were not really
married. The duo were also said to be
working with touts for purposes of smuggling Nigerians to the United States of
America.
A petition dated 15th July
2013, submitted to Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit, CP Tunde
Ogunsakin, by Assistant Regional Security Officer, United States Consulate
General, alleged that one Adejayan
Confirming the arrests, SFU
Spokesperson, Ngozi Isintume-Agu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said
investigation revealed that they are not married as purported.
She disclosed that rather
theirs was an arranged marriage by one Segun and his syndicate who specialise
in merging prospective visa seekers together in marriage for onward smuggling
to US.
She said, "Their modus
operandi is to merge a lottery visa winner with a non-winner and package both
to USA. In this case, the sum of N1.5
million was collected from Funke and she was purportedly joined in matrimony
with Adetokunbo who genuinely won the
lottery visa."
She said when interrogated,
both suspects confessed in their statements that they are not husband and wife.
Meanwhile, 35-year-old
Adetokunbo, a teacher with Jim's International School, Mafoluku, Oshodi,
admitted that although he won the lottery visa, he was however mandated to
co-opt with a lady.
He disclosed that he met with
Segun who in turn brought one of his clients for the arranged marriage and
subsequent interview and visa and with that arrangement, they both travelled to
the UK in 2005 but with a fake name.
He said he lived with the
fake name Oludotun Ojukosola Gbenro in Uk until he was caught in 2009 and
deported in 2010, adding that while in UK, he got married to Czech Republic
lady in 2008.
With the success of the first
trip, Segun was said to have arranged with Adebisi, a 27-year-old and an
ex-staff of Ladtimi Automart Ltd and she paid N1.5 million to him in June 2012
to process her visa and other charges which include passports, medicals and
training.
She confessed that the
marriage was arranged by Segun sometime last year, and he later booked an
appointment for them with the Embassy on June 20, 2013 as husband and wife.
She admitted that Adetokunbo
is not her husband adding that it was Segun that lured her into this mess. She regretted her action and stated that she
is novice.
The spokesperson said
investigation is ongoing and efforts in top gear to arrest the fleeing Segun
and his cohorts, adding that the arrested suspects would be charged to court
soonest.
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