- Safiu Kehinde
The Osun State Police Command has nabbed a travel agent over alleged visa fraud.
The agent was reportedly arrested after defrauding two clients of N3.6 million under the pretext of securing Luxembourg visas for them.
This was disclosed in a statement by DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, the spokesperson for the command, in Osogbo on Thursday.
According to Ojelabi, the two victims were, in January 2025, introduced by one of their friends to the suspect who presented himself to be a travel agent.
He said the victims thereafter gave the suspect the sum of N3.6 million to help them process visas and tickets to travel to Luxembourg in Europe
‘Instead of processing the visas for them, the suspect absconded with their money.
“In the course of investigation, it was discovered that the suspect had also duped other victims to the tune of N4.8 million, totaling the sum of N8.4 million collected by the suspect from his victims.
“Immediately police received the report, detectives swung into action and through intelligence led investigation; the suspect was arrested and he confessed to the crime,” Ojelabi said.
Similarly, Ojelabi said four suspected cult members were arrested by the police on the Polytechnic Road, Iree, with some firearms and an axe.
He said all arrested suspects would be charged to court after the completion of investigations.
The police spokesperson reiterated that the command has zero tolerance for cultism and other crimes.