A 32 YEARS OLD MR RAJI OLUSEYI MICHEAL AND HIS ACCOMPLICES ALLEGED FOR FORGERY/VISA FRAUD
A
petition from the Regional Security Office of the United States Consulate
General in Lagos dated November 12, 2013 addressed to the Commissioner of
Police, Special Fraud Unit, CP Tunde Ogunsakin alleged that on same date, one
Raji Oluseyi Michael with Date of Birth 4th December 1988 was
invited for a U.S. non-immigrant visa interview at U.S. Consulate. That Raji presented a Nigerian passport No.
A04910344 in support of his application and on examination, a U.K. visa in
Raji’s passport revealed indications that the visa was forged.
SFU
detectives swung into action and Raji was apprehended. He is a 32year old from Ibadan, Oyo State and
an HND holder in Purchasing/Supply from Kwara State Polytechnic. He feigned ignorance of the fake visa on his passport
and confessed that the visa was given to him by one Mr. Popoola who resides in
Ibadan for the sum of N500,000.00 but
he had paid only N200,000.00 to balance
N300,000.00 at the end of his interview
with the U.S. embassy. He also stated
that Mr. Popoola sent Mr. Adegoke to accompany him to the embassy to find out
if the visa was issued and that it was one Mr. Ayodeji who currently resides in
U.K. that introduced Mr. Popoola to him.
Further
investigation led to the arrest of Mr. Popoola Oladimeji and Adegoke
Johnson. Popoola Oladimeji, a forged
document vendor is a 48year old man from Igboho, Oyo Stae. He admitted that Raji Oluseyi approached him
to procure a U.S. visa and he collected his passport and the sum of N200,000.00. He further confessed that he contracted one
Taiwo Akande in Oluwole, Lagos who procured the 6months U.K. visit visa and
Holland visa for one hundred and fifteen thousand naira respectively.
He
also said that the total money spent to procure the two visas was N280,000.00 that he paid additional N50,000.00 and it took Mr. Taiwo one week
to get the visas which was delivered to him at Molete, Ibadan through a public
transport. He admitted that Taiwo whom
he knew as visa agent had assisted him in the past, and one of his friend whom
he procured visa for is currently residing in United Kingdom.
The
suspect also gave a fake I.D. card of Ibadan South West Local Government to
Raji and admitted that he has no link with any LGA,that the fake I.D. card was procured with the
assistance of one Kayode who is currently on the run, having gotten wind of his
arrest.
Adegoke
Johnson is a 47year old from Ibadan and a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife. According to him,
he assists people with genuine documents to procure visa and also serves as an
errand boy to Mr. Popoola Oladimeji. He
admitted that he was sent by Mr. Popoola to accompany Raji Oluseyi to the U.S.
embassy in order to collect the visa slip as soon as the visa is issued. He denied being a party to the issuance of
the fake U.K. visa found on Raji Oluseyi’s passport by the U.S. Consulate.
Investigation
is on-going, effort is being intensified to arrest the fleeing suspects. All the arrested suspects will be arraigned
in court soonest.
The
Commissioner of Police, SFU, CP Tunde Ogunsakin uses this medium to inform the
members of the public on the rampant incidence of cases of visa fraud which is
increasing at alarming rate and advises on the need for intending visa
applicants to apply for visa in the appropriate embassies.
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