17th January, 2024
By Moses Omorogieva
Three persons identified as Chinedu Agbosim, Mariam Dauda and Ebighose have been arrested for allegedly belonging to a syndicate involved in the forgery, extortion and counterfeiting of the Nigerian Police Character Certificate.
Chinedu Agbosim who set up the shop for the forgery of the police documents employed Mariam Dauda and Ebighose Anderson as computer operators for the illegal operation of counterfeiting.
The suspects were arrested in a sting operation after one of their victims who presented the document he obtained from them for the processing of her Visa application at the U.K Embassy, the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon Lagos, ASP Aminat Mayegun confirmed on Tuesday.
Mayegun who paraded the suspects in Ikoyi said a special sting operation to arrest the suspect was launched on Nov. 16, 2023, to burst the criminal network.
According to her, upon being identified as fake, the applicant was refused the visa and banned from entering the country for 10 years.
“All the suspects admitted to their individual and common roles in processing the fake Police Character Certificates at a side shop around the Federal Training Center, Ikoyi, Lagos.
“Upon executing a search warrant in the shop, the following items were recovered: Three counterfeit Police Character Certificates, and other relevant documents belonging to various Nigerian citizens.
“A computer-generated signature specimen bearing the name of CP CCR, CP Olaolu Adegbite and dated November 16, 2023. A computer-generated document bearing the super-imposed signature of CP Ndu, I.M., the former CCR, CP Ndu I.M, and Desktop computer,” she said.
Mayegun said the suspects would be charged in court soon.
(NAN)