The Ogun State Police Command has arrested 23 foreign nationals over alleged involvement in a Ponzi scheme, visa scam and other immigration-related offences in the Onipanu-Ota area of the state.
PUNCH Metro learnt from the statement signed by the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, that the suspects were arrested last Tuesday, at about 11am, when operatives of the Atan-Ota Division raided a gated residential building within an estate off Iyana Iyesi, Onipanu-Ota.
According to the statement, the operation followed credible intelligence received about suspected fraudulent activities at the location.
The command added that its personnel promptly mobilised to the area, secured the premises and arrested the 23 suspects for further investigation.
“One Malian international passport bearing the name Diakite Alfousseini was also recovered during the operation,” the police disclosed.
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The command said “the suspects were arrested in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme/visa
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