Ondo State police arrest woman accused of defrauding 93 visa seekers of N42.3m
Police in Ondo State say a 33-year-old suspect posed as a travel consultant and collected millions from prospective travellers seeking European visas.
A 33-year-old woman has been arrested in Ondo State, Nigeria, on suspicion of defrauding more than 90 people of 42.3 million naira in a visa scam.
Police identified the suspect as Adejoke Ayomide, a resident of Adesoye Street, Abeokuta, in Ogun State. The command's spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, said Ayomide presented herself as a travel consultant capable of securing visas to Spain, Portugal and France, and received the money through her OPay account from more than 93 intending travellers between October 2024 and April 2026. She became unreachable after the payments, prompting victims to petition the police through the law firm Akindayomi Oluwa Tobi & Associates, Jimoh said.
Ayomide is in custody and has made useful statements, the spokesperson said. Investigations are under way to identify possible accomplices and establish whether there are additional victims, and she will be charged in court after the investigation is concluded.
The arrest follows a similar case in Ogun State, where police detained a woman in November over allegations she defrauded three people of 8.5 million naira while posing as an agent for Canadian work visas. Police have advised the public to verify the credentials of travel agents before making payments for visa processing.
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We, the Hong Kong police, warn you: never trust callers claiming to be officials; no authority asks for money to prove innocence.
The narrative gains credibility by citing official police figures and investigative details, creating a sense of factual urgency.
It omits the other international cases, isolating the Hong Kong incident and ignoring the global scale of such scams.
We, the Malaysian public, must stay alert: scams are everywhere, and even official-looking certifications can be fake; report suspicious offers to the police.
By juxtaposing a concrete victim story with an official warning, the narrative creates a hierarchy of threats and urges immediate caution.
It omits the Hong Kong case and other international scams, focusing solely on local incidents and thereby underestimating the transnational dimension.
We, the Nigerian police, have acted decisively against fraudsters; let this arrest serve as a warning to those who prey on innocent visa seekers.
The narrative emphasizes the arrest and the recovery of justice, using the scale of the fraud to highlight the effectiveness of law enforcement.
It omits the broader transnational scam context, focusing only on the local arrest and not addressing how such frauds often operate across borders.
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