Police arrest 33-year-old lady over N42m visa scam

A 33-year-old woman has been arrested by operatives of the Ondo State Police for allegedly defrauding implicit 90 individuals nether the guise of securing visa.

The suspect, identified arsenic Adejoke Ayomide, who resides successful Adesoye Street, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, was arrested pursuing a petition submitted by a instrumentality firm, Akindayomi Oluwa Tobi & Associates, to the Ondo State Police Command.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Abayomi Jimoh, Ayomide, received the sum of N42,326,000 into her slope relationship nether the pretence of facilitating question visas to Europe.

Jimoh stated that aft receiving the payments, the fishy became unreachable pursuing attempts by her victims to interaction her, aft which the bid tracked her and subsequently arrested her on Wednesday.

The PPRO said, “Preliminary probe revealed that the fishy presented herself arsenic a question advisor susceptible of securing visas to Spain, Portugal, and France.

“Acting connected these representations, the victims entrusted her with processing question documents for much than ninety-three intending travelers. The fishy allegedly received a cumulative sum of ₦42,326,000.00 done her Opay relationship for the purported visa processing.

“The fishy is presently successful constabulary custody, wherever she has made utile confessional state...