Lagos: The Police Command in Lagos State has detained a syndicate for allegedly defrauding members of the public of N500 million.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, confirmed this to journalists on Monday in Lagos.
He stated that operatives from the Ago-Okota Division apprehended the suspects, aged 23, 25, 27, and 36, on July 16.
“Following the transfer of a case from Ago-Okota Division, detectives of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Lagos State Police Command, apprehended the syndicate.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects, staff of an educational consultancy, fraudulently obtained over N500 million from more than 100 victims under the pretence of facilitating Canadian and Australian work visas.
“The suspects are in police custody and will be charged in court upon conclusion of the investigation,” he said.
According to him, efforts are ongoing to apprehend other members of the syndicate still at large.
In a case from the Ago-Okota Division, detectives of the SCID, Lagos State Police Command, apprehended the syndicate.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects, staff of an educational consultancy, fraudulently obtained over N500 million from more than 100 victims under the pretence of facilitating Canadian and Australian work visas.
“The suspects are in police custody and will be charged in court upon conclusion of the investigation,” he said.
According to him, efforts are ongoing to apprehend other members of the syndicate still at large.