FCID busts syndicate forging Police character certificate

Detectives at the Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, annex, Alagbon, Lagos, have busted a syndicate that specialised in forging the Nigeria Police Character Certificate for unsuspecting Nigerians travelling out of the country. 

Consequently, three suspected members of the syndicate have been arrested with the recovery of  some devices allegedly used to produce the fake certificate 

It was gathered that the syndicate met its waterloo after an unsuspecting female victim (names withheld), who was issued the fake document presented the same while processing her visa application at the United Kingdom embassy, in Lagos. 

She was reportedly refused a visa and also banned from entering the UK for 10 years when the document was discovered to be fake. 

Upon receipt of the report, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, FCID, AIG Idowu Owohunwa, reportedly set up a special operation to smoke out members of the syndicate.

A spokesperson for the FCID, ASP Aminat Mayegun, who briefed journalists on the arrest, said the special sting operation led to their apprehension. 

Describing the offence as conspiracy and forgery, she said: “Consequent upon the operation, three suspects were initially arrested. They include Chinedu Agbosim, who is the owner of the shop and the principal suspect. Others include Mariam Dauda and Ebighose Anderson who are the computer operators recruited by Chinedu Agbosin to perfect the crime. 

“The suspects admitted to their individual and common roles in processing the fake Police Character Certificates at a side shop around the Federal Training Centre, Ikoyi, Lagos. 

“Upon executing a search warrant in the shop, the following items were recovered therein: 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 among others 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 a desktop computer used by the syndicate to perfect the crime. 

“While the special operation continues, the arrested suspects will in due course be charged to court”, Mayegun stated.

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