Police Arrest Five Coronavirus Certificate Forgers At Lagos Airport

No fewer than five Covid-19 certificate forgers have been arrested by the Police at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State.
The police stated that the suspects specialise in selling fake COVID-19 positive certificates to unsuspecting travellers within the international wing of the Lagos airport.

No fewer than five Covid-19 certificate forgers have been arrested by the Police at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State.

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Airports Command, Mr. Bature Umar, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in his office at the airport on Thursday.

The Commissioner disclosed that two members of the syndicates are still at large.

According to Umar, the paraded suspects include Achibong Idonrenyin, Moses Samuel, Popoola Adewala, Wale Aderele and Abdulmalik Ibrahim.

Other suspects at large are Shehu Imam and Adeola Dalington who work with Sky Blue Services limited, a cleaning service at the airport.

He stated that the suspects specialise in selling fake COVID-19 positive certificates to unsuspecting travellers within the international wing of the Lagos airport.

Umar further disclosed that the incident occurred on February 19, 2021, at the airport when a British Airways passenger, Michael Osagbogun was defrauded of the sum of N50,000 for COVID-19 test.

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According to the Commissioner, one of the suspects had approached Osagbogun promising to produce a Covid-19 test positive certificate for him.

“Two of the suspects, Popoola Adewale and Adeola Dalington, who knew the airport environment well due to the nature of their jobs at the airport, took the victim to one of the toilet facilities at the airport where the sum of N50,000 was obtained from him under the pretext of producing a valid Covid-19 positive certificate for the victim,” he said.

The Commissioner added that one of the suspects took the victim to DAT Cybercafe at No. 4, Oriyomi Street, Ikeja where a fake Covid-19 positive certificate was eventually procured for him.