Police foil travel fraud, rescue nine foreign nationals in Ogun

Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Ogun State Police Command connected Monday rescued 9 overseas nationals, and arrested 2 suspects linked to a transnational fraud syndicate.

The suspects, Stephen Kwame and Abubakar Sulaimon, were nabbed astatine their hideout successful the Owode Egba country of the state.

According to accusation obtained by DAILY POST, the suspects lure foreigners, particularly those from Ghana, to Nigeria with the mendacious committedness of facilitating their question to Europe, defraud them of their money, and illegally confine them.

Ogun Police spokesperson, Oluseyi Babaseyi, confirmed the improvement connected Tuesday, stating that connected receiving quality via INTERPOL, operatives of the bid swiftly mobilized, stormed the hideout and rescued a 40 years aged Ghanaian named Maclaud Owusu, alongside 8 others.

Babaseyi explained that the victims were deceived and confined upon accomplishment successful Nigeria, with their mobile phones utilized to interaction relatives and associates to request wealth nether mendacious pretences.

He said, “On 6th April 2026, astatine astir 1200hrs, pursuing actionable quality received via INTERPOL, operatives of the Unit swiftly mobilized and stormed the identified transgression hideout wherever 1 Maclaud Owusu ‘M’, aged 40, a Ghanaian national, was being unlawfully held.

“The cognition led to the palmy rescue of the unfortunate unhurt alongsid...