Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Badagry Area Command, have busted a suspected fake university running from a three-bedroom apartment in Ilado, Olorunda Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, rescuing 106 young students.
The command also arrested the alleged proprietor of the illegal institution, who is said to have lured youths from various parts of Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries with false promises of admission into a foreign university.
The raid was conducted in the early hours of Monday following intelligence gathering and several days of surveillance.
According to the NSCDC, the operation had no official name, registration, signboard, or recognised campus, yet it allegedly presented itself online as a distance-learning centre linked to a foreign institution.
Badagry Area Commander, Chief Superintendent Gbenga Ekunola, said the suspects targeted mostly teenagers and young adults aged 19 to 24 from states including Kogi, Oyo, and parts of northern Nigeria. Some
