Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have rescued 50 foreigners from neighbouring African countries from job scammers who were reportedly kept in an apartment located in Epe area of the state.
Police sources at the Okeoyibo Police Division told LEADERSHIP that the rescued people who included children were from Gabon and Cameroon.
Lagos State Police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the rescue of the trafficked persons, said they are all foreigners kept in the building by a gang of scammers.
The police said they were deceived by the ring leaders of a Cameroonian job scam gang that there were job opportunities in Nigeria only to be stranded because they had expanded all their money.
Hundeyin said, “The victims, as gathered, were discovered to have paid an unspecified amount to the fraudsters
“Some of them reportedly told policemen that they sold their valuables, including houses, back home, to raise the money for the journey to Nigeria for the promised jobs.”
He added,” On arrival, they were reportedly kept in the duplex with a stern warning not to step outside until they got the promised jobs.
“The ring leader is on the run. He gave all of them the same arrival date and when they arrived, he collected their money from them, asked them to stay in that room, and left with a promise to be back, only to abandon them and go back to Cameroon,” he stated.
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