The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command has
discovered fake embassy operating in Lagos where many innocent members
of the public had been swindled.
The Policemen attached to the squad swooped on them; two Chinese and two
Nigerians were apprehended during the raid on their office situated
inside an hotel, Golden Point and Suite, on Duduyemi Street in Ejigbo,
Lagos,Nigeria.
According to PM News, the Chinese: Liu Honyang, 47, Sun Xinai, 49; and
their Nigerian collaborators, Oriyomi Olawale, 47 and Desmond Chinedu,
25, conspired and swindled Nigerians who had planned to travel out of
the country to seek greener pastures.
After the arrest, some of their victims showed up at the RRS’s
Headquarters, recounting how they were duped respectively, hence their
deportation from Trinidad and Tobago.
According to one of the victims, Adekunle Adefuye,
“I met these people (suspects) through one of their agents, Dorcas
Slyver. She is a daughter to my brother’s pastor in Abeokuta. I told her
my intentions and zeal to travel to United States of America…. After a
while, she told me to come to Lagos that she can procure the American
visa for me…. On getting to Lagos, she took me to these Chinese where I
was told that I should go to Trinidad and Tobago. They persuaded me to
go to Trinidad and Tobago that it was easier to secure employment with
at least 3,000 dollars as salary.”“initially, I declined to take their
bait, insisting that I preferred America to Trinidad and Tobago
(T&T). But in the long run, they brainwashed me into agreeing to go
to Trinidad and Tobago. It was at this point, I was told that I would
pay N1.3 million for the whole process including visa processing and
flight fare…. The payment was made in installment. N376,000 for Visa,
ticket N850,000, accommodation N39,000 and Visa Fee N33,000, which I
obliged and paid all the monies into Dorcas’ GTB Accounts: 0130671906.”
got to Trinidad and Tobago by the country’s immigration officers for
coming into the country with fake visas.
“We spent two days underground inside the Police custody. They treated
us like criminals trying to enter the country illegally,” he added.
“We
left Lagos enroute Lome on October 19th, 2016. From Lome to Sao Paulo
in Brazil. From there, we moved to Panama where we boarded another plane
to Trinidad and Tobago…. On getting to the country, we were arrested by
their security operatives accusing us of entering their country with
fake visa and documents. We were locked up for 48 hours before we were
deported on October 22nd, 2016 and arrived Nigeria the following day,”
he added.
“When we arrived Nigeria, we didn’t let them know we have been deported.
They thought possibly we were lucky to have entered the T&T without
any challenge. It was one Good Samaritan that came to our rescue in
Trinidad and Tobago, who pleaded for us when they threatened to
prosecute us before we were sent back to Nigeria.”
Sylver, who persuaded him to go to T&T too, adding that all the
money he paid amounted to N1.3m into her account.
“I met Adefuye at their office at Golden Point Hotel and Suites, Ejigbo
in Lagos and we became good friends henceforth. We were only fortunate
to have escaped being jailed in T&T for coming into the country with
fake documents and Visa. They beat the hell out of us and starved us
for the whole two days before fortune smiled on us. The Police in T and T
collected all our belongings, including money and threatened to kill
us. In fact, they were abusing Nigerians, calling us names. In fact, we
were lucky to have been deported because that country is a junkyard for
drug addicts and dealers,” he lamented.
“Most of the Nigerians we met
there were barely recognisable, and were high on drugs. One of them,
confided in me that he was struggling to survive by dealing in drug and
that he has resorted to fate, since coming home was difficult,” he
added.
arrested, said that he just paid N600,000 after being convinced to
jettison his Europe trip for Trinindad & Tobago.
“I was introduced to them by one Mr Oscar. I paid directly to Madam
Sun’s GT Bank account. She promised to secure the visa for me within a
space of two weeks. By the time the visa was ready, I was unable to
eke-out another N850,000 for flight ticket, which made the T&T visa
to get expired. I went back to see her to help me again for same visa.
And she told me to pay another N150, 000. It was after I had made
another payment of N150,000 to her account that someone told me they
don’t accept stamp visa but that only electronic visa is allowed in that
country.
“I went back to explain to her but she denied the
information but still insisted that stamp visa is acceptable in that
country. Then, I told her that I was no longer interested in T&T and
that she should return my money. I came to their office that fateful
day to demand for the money when the Rapid Response Squad team came to
arrest them,” he added.
“The lady (Sun Xinai) charged me N400, 000 but I was only able to raise
N125,000 with the hope of balancing her by month end,” he noted.
“We operated as separate entity as travel agency under the company’s
name, Golden Point Hotel and Tour but our office is located inside the
hotel. Sun Xinai is my sister, and she is the director of the travel
agency. I only do paper works and documents for visa procurement. I
don’t know how she secures visa for people. All what I know is that she
travels to Abuja and comes back with that stamped visa. I am a phone
repairer,” he stressed.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Embassy has confirmed the Visa fake and the two
Chinese agents unknown.
stamped visa for Trindad and Tobago was no longer tenable in that
country anymore.
Trinidad and Tobago in its letter dated 7th December, 2016, referenced
ABJ: 6/2/3/14, read in part:
passports, 10 laptops, screw driver, five phones and paper documents.
Lagos State, Superintendent of Police, SP Dolapo Badmus, said that
Police would not rest on its oars in protecting rights of any individual
in the country. She said that the Police were on manhunt for all their
agents and canvassers.