EFCC arrests travel agency CEO, accomplice over alleged N68m visa fraud

Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) person arrested the Chief Executive Officer of Goodben Global Travels and Tour Limited, Chukwujindu Goodness Nchekwube, and an alleged accomplice, Rogers Oluwaseyi Eruku, besides known arsenic Bakary Rogers Yanni, implicit an alleged N68.02 cardinal visa fraud.

The anti-graft bureau said the suspects allegedly defrauded 24 victims nether the guise of facilitating enactment visas to assorted overseas countries.

According to a petition submitted to the EFCC by 1 James Ikechukwu, Nchekwube presented herself arsenic a visa advisor susceptible of securing enactment visas done her company, Goodben Global Travels and Tour Limited.

The petitioner alleged that betwixt September 2024 and December 2025, helium engaged the institution to process enactment visas for 20 of his clients and transferred a full of N57.62 cardinal into the firm’s accounts.

He claimed that contempt receiving the funds, the fishy failed to supply the promised visas wrong the agreed timeframe.

“After receiving the money, Mrs Nchekwube refused to present the visas arsenic agreed. Some documents yet issued to clients were aboriginal discovered to beryllium ...