The Nigeria Police on Wednesday said
it arrested five members of a syndicate that specialises in forging documents
and certificates in Abuja.
The suspects – Emmanuel Onyehiela,
Ugorji Ramsey, Emeka Chukwu, Chinyere Bright and Abdulazeez Sadiq – were arrested
by a team of operatives attached to the International Police Organization,
INTERPOL, section, Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Abuja.
The Force Public Relations Officer,
Frank Mba, in a statement said the suspects were arrested following a tip off
and a discreet investigation at the syndicate’s base at UTC Shopping Complex,
Area 10 Garki, Abuja. Mr. Mba said, as part of the investigations, police
undercover agents presented themselves as prospective clients.
“The syndicate which has its operational
base at the UTC Shopping Complex, Area 10 Garki, Abuja
specialises in forging
documents such as: WAEC Certificates, University Degrees, NYSC Discharge
Certificates, assorted land documents, certificates of incorporation,” Mr. Mba
said.
He said the suspects also engaged in
falsification of travel documents and drivers’ licenses for a fee of N5,000 to
N30,000, depending on the status of their client or urgency of need.
The exhibits recovered from the
suspects included forged copies of Corporate Affairs Commission documents, land
document of Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, University of Abuja degree and
official stamps, and other sundry fake documents.
Also recovered were electronic
equipment allegedly used in perpetrating the crime such as laptops, desktop
computers and printers.
Mr. Mba said that the suspects had
made useful statements to the police and would be charged to court as soon as
investigations were concluded.
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