The Osun state Police Command has arrested a travel agent for allegedly defrauding two clients of N3.6 million under the pretext of securing Luxembourg visas.
This is contained in a statement by DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, the spokesperson for the command, in Osogbo on Thursday.
Ojelabi said in January 2025, the two victims were introduced by one of their friends to the suspect, who presented himself as 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, totalling the sum of N8.4 million collected by the suspect from his victims.
“Immediately, police received the report, detectives swung into action and through an intelligence-led investigation, the suspect was arrested and he confessed to the crime,” Ojelabi said.
In another crime-related incident, 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, adding that the command has zero tolerance for cultism and other crimes.
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