Jailed in UK for Fraud, Suspect Commits Same Crime in Nigeria

A few years after he was released from
custody for his involvement in credit card
fraud in the United Kingdom, convicted
serial fraudster, Charles Sanusi, has again
become embroiled in yet another scam.
THISDAY gathered that after serving his
jail term in one of the UK prisons, he was
deported back to Nigeria, but allegedly
started up another visa racket scheme.
The suspect was paraded by the Special
Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police,
alongside his accomplice, one Jude
Esebanmhen, who was arrested with a
fake UK entry clearance visa when he
attempted to apply for a Spanish visa.
According to the spokesperson of SFU,
Ngozi Isintume-Agu, a Deputy
Superintendent of Police, the unit was
alerted in a petition by the British Deputy
High Commission who reported that
Esebanmhen with passport no A04701778
had applied for a six-month visitor's visa.
She said the visa application by the 26-
year-old Esebanmhen, a graduate of
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, was
rejected when it was discovered that the
visa was fake after a trained forgery
officer had examined it.
She said: “Esebanmhen was arrested and
confessed to the crime. He admitted that
he met a travel agent who promised to
assist him to procure a Spanish visa. The
agent introduced him to one Mr. Olawole
who unknown to him forged the
document and stamp on the passport.
“He also stated that the passport was
submitted to the Spanish Embassy and he
was later called by the embassy for
collection of his visa and subsequently
arrested.”
She said: “For Sanusi, he is not an
appointed agent but assists prospective
travellers to procure visas to London,
Spain, France and other documents like
hotel reservations, insurance certificates,
tickets, invitation letters, employment
documents and statements of account.
“He confessed that he procured the fake
documents for the principal suspect. The
fake documents included a letter of
appointment, statement of account, fake
visa, fake arrival and departure stamps of
Benin Republic, Cote d’Voire, Togo,
Ghana and UK.
“He further stated that all the fake
documents were procured through the
assistance of one Alhaji Oyekanmi and he
admitted he collected the sum of
N150,000 for the service.”
Isintume-Agu said the unit's
Commissioner of Police, Tunde
Ogunsakin, has intensified efforts to
arrest the fleeing Oyekanmi, who is still at
large.