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Kindly share:<\/p>\n

Operatives of Police in Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, have nabbed two suspected international fraudsters, who attempted to bribe them with N66 million to evade arrest.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0The suspects, who were identified as Kelly Osas Endgieen, 24 and Elvis Osakpolo Edokpain, 23, allegedly<\/div>\n
specialise in forging certificates of different international and African universities in Lagos.<\/p>\n

Luck ran out on the suspects\u00a0after detectives at the Anti-Corruption Unit of the zone got reliable intelligence with regard to their activities.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Acting on the intelligence, \u201cthe Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the zone, Adegoke Fayoude, detailed anti-corruption unit to investigate it.\u00a0 He reportedly gave matching orders that they must be rounded up without delay,” according to a source.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cBased on this, police detectives stormed Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos and as soon as the suspects arrived, they trailed them to a five star hotel at Osapa-London in Lekki and later accosted them at the bus stop while they were about escaping from the hotel.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile searching their luggage, one certificate of Blue Crest College, Ghana, belonging to Elvis Osakpolo Edokpiain, was recovered and a student identity card of Academic City College was also recovered from Kenny Osas.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurther search revealed a transcript of an academic record from Blue Crest University belonging to Elvis Osapolo. Going through the search again, detectives discovered a letter of English proficiency from the said college and a letter of recommendation from the same Blue Crest College.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon interrogation, the suspects made useful statements to the police and confessed that they never got any admission into the school and that they procured the degree certificate through the help of a female Nigerian resident in Ghana.Nigerian cuisine.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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