Just In: Nigerian Passport Racketeering Gang Busted in the US
- The Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Amb. Lot Egopija, has advised Nigerians against giving incentives when trying to get or renew their passports
- Egopija noted that a Nigerian passport racketeering based in Baltimore, US, was recently apprehended
- A group of Nigerians based in the US had earlier complained to the Consul-General about their challenges in apply for new passports and other travelling documents.
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A Nigerian passport racketeering gang based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, has been busted.
The Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Amb. Lot Egopija, made this known when members of Egbe Omo Yoruba of Greater New York paid him a visit, PM News reported.
Egopija said the racketeering team which was working with personnel in New York were arrested as part of efforts to remove all encumbrances on accessing passports at the consulate.
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The News Nigeria also reported that the consul-general advised Nigerians against giving incentives to anybody before accessing any services in the consulate.
He said that he had been working to ensure smooth services for Nigerians and to remove corruption in the passport processes.
His words:
“Sometimes, our people have not also done well. They tend to want to give incentives to staff and that is part of the problem but we’re covering that now."
Egopija advised the visitors to tell their members to renew their passports six months before expiration and avoid waiting for the last minute to do so.
Legit.ng gathers that the president of Egbe Omo Yoruba of Greater New York, Adeyemi Oloruntoba, in his remarks, talked about the challenges Nigerians were facing to get new passports and renew their travelling documents.
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In other news, Abidemi Rufai, a senior special assistant to Dapo Abiodun, the governor of Ogun state, has been arrested in the United States over alleged $350,000 unemployment benefits fraud.
Rufai was quizzed by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday, May 15, at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York following a criminal complaint.
He was subsequently charged with defrauding the Washington State Employment Security Department of over $350,000.
Source: Legit.ng
