The Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, has rescued a Ghanaian, Sammed Iddrisu, who was deceptively trafficked into Nigeria under the guise of processing travel documents for migration to Europe.
The operation, which was executed on June 27, 2025 in Abuja, followed actionable intelligence received from INTERPOL NCB Accra, Ghana, on June 16, 2025.
Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said preliminary investigations revealed that on January 10, 2025, the victimās father, Mr. Nartey Louda, was defrauded of GHC 55,000 by a trafficker identified as Attah, who falsely promised to facilitate a France visa and related travel documents for his son.
According to him, while “Acting on these fraudulent assurances, Sammed was directed to travel to Abuja, Nigeria, with the expectation of collecting the said visa.ā
Upon arriving in Abuja on 25th June 2025, however, the victim was unlawfully detained and coerced into participating in illicit internet-based activities associated with the QNET pyramid scheme, a fraudulent operation disguised as an e-commerce business.
Adejobi said the criminal syndicate also attempted to manipulate other individuals, including a Ghanian, who managed to escape and return to Ghana, where he reported the incident to the authorities, triggering international coordination and rescue efforts.
As a result of proactive surveillance, intelligence acquisition, and a prompt response from INTERPOL NCB Abuja and the FCT police operatives, the victim was rescued and reintegration procedures are underway.
“The INTERPOL NCB Abuja has initiated necessary steps to ensure these fraudulent individuals are apprehended and made to face the full wrath of the law,” Adejobi said.
In another operation, the police operatives have arrested three wanted kidnappers and bandits in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Kaduna State.
The arrests were carried out on June 29, 2025 on the heels of an actionable intelligence and a well-coordinated operation led by ACP Victor Godfrey, spanning Wukushi, Mpape in the FCT and Rijana, Kaduna State.
The suspects include Abdulkadir Abubakar who was arrested at Mpape in the FCT; Mohammed Tasiu Sani, from Rijana, Kaduna State and Suleiman Jibrin from Sabon-Gayan in Kaduna State.
FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh said the suspects were known to operate deadly camps within the forests of Kachia and Rijana in Kaduna State, where victims were held for extended periods and have been linked to several kidnapping incidents across Jere, Kajuru, and parts of the FCT.
