The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has dismantled a fraudulent network marketing ring linked to the QNET/IGNITE group, a transnational organised criminal syndicate active in Lagos and Ogun States, South-West Nigeria.
In a statement signed by the Service Public Relations Officer, Akinsola Akinlabi, the operational breakthrough was achieved based on actionable intelligence on the activities of trafficking syndicates across Lagos and Ogun States.
Akinlabi said intensified operations by the Service led to the arrest of one Ouattra Adama (M), a Burkinabé national and alleged leader of the QNET/IGNITE syndicate, alongside 11 other suspected facilitators, comprising 8 Liberians, and three Cameroonians in various parts of Lagos State. While the operation also led to rescue of two Liberians who are victims of their illegal activities.
He also said the arrest of the syndicate leader and other facilitators demonstrates Nigeria Immigration Service’s commitment to intelligence-driven border management.
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