Two Britons have been arrested in Lagos and charged with visa fraud before a Federal High Court.

The accused, Ian Cunliff and Ofir More were to be arraigned today for forgery and impersonation but the matter was adjourned till 24 May 2012.

In a 16-count criminal charge, FHC/L/54c/12, filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos by Immigration Legal Officer, D. I. Babale, the two Britons, Ian Cunliff of 4, Wumego Crescent, Christ Avenue, Off Admiralty Way, Lekki and Ofir More, British citizen of Media Park, 40d River Road, Barking, England and three other companies, C25 Nigeria Limited, WTC International Holdings Nigeria Limited and WTC UK Limited on 28 September, 2011 allegedly conspired to forge Nigerian visa in the British passport of Ian Cunliff.

The accused persons at the same time and place were also alleged to have conspired to forge expartriate quota approval with reference number MIA/B/3939/1/41 on 28 September, 2011 of the Ministry of Interior.

They were alleged to have forged the signature of the Director, Citizenship and Business of the Ministry of Interior, Mr. Adetayo Sode, whose signature was on the forged expartriate quota approval.

Other documents forged by the accused Britons are business permit with number FMI/B/3939/1/43 of the Federal Ministry of Interior.

They allegedly forged grant of business permit.

The accused were also alleged to have impersonated the Director of Citizens and Business Department, Ministry of Interior, Mr. Adetayo Sode.

The offences of forgery and impersonation alleged to have been committed by the Britons and their companies are contrary to Sections 465 and 484 and punishable under Section 47(1) of the Criminal Code Act, Cap. C38, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

In prosecuting the case, Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Legal Officer has lined up three witnesses. They are Isa Bukar who is a Deputy Comptroller of Immigration, the Director of Citizenship and Business Department, Ministry of Interior, Mr. Adetayo Sode and Deputy Director, Citizenship and Business Department, Ministry of Interior, Abuja.

The prosecutor also filed six exhibits. The trial judge, Justice Binta Muritala Nyako adjourned the matter.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/03/28/britons-charged-with-visa-fraud/

nawaoo anyway they thought nigeria was a free fraud zone

So them get this skill too?

haha Vision 2010 don dey happen be that naaa.

Please tell them to go back and wait for Nigerian DV Visa Lottery. Maybe favour will shine on them.

I hope they will be convicted before they deport them back, it will be very good thing if britons too feel naija prison. Britain always happy to convict naija who guilty.

What I'm waiting to hear is the defense of the british govt for for this two british "fraud"

come to think of it, these people who engage in all this practices and give Nigeria a bad name are non-nigerians.

They didn't bribe well

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ak47mann: nawaoo anyway they thought nigeria was a free fraud zone

Abi!

i hope they are executed.

hummm, it has began!

Jail them all.

Who is this weird Briton forging Nigerian visa?

they wan feel among

Funkymallam: So them get this skill too?

Funny. From whom do you think Nigerians learnt to be so dishonest? From their colonial masters of course.

I am told it is called OLAWOLE ?

they get liver so oyinbo self no how far

they are so stupid,why do they have to do fake when nigeria will have given it to them free without charges.

They should be jail and then deported for their stupidity not fraud.

tit_squeez: i hope they are executed.

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I'm speechless! Are you serious?

Let them feel 9ja 'cooler' too
heavy iron beans + sand-sand gari

One thing you guys don't know is that nigeria has abundant natural resources. This guys might has been making millions in nigeria. Plz we should find out the type of business this guys are doing and may be our ppl will fill that slot when they have gone. But i want them to be dealt with in such a way that the british govt will recognised growing power from the west african state. In my own opinion, i wish the news will be spread world wide in such a way that the world will see that there is still some good things that made these guys to forge visa and business permit. Nigeria is growing

Naija don de come up small small ohh

they needs to be deported back ASAP

kodewrita: haha Vision 2010 don dey happen be that naaa.

Please tell them to go back and wait for Nigerian DV Visa Lottery. Maybe favour will shine on them.

Vision what! Did I hear you say Vision 2010. mehn! You gotta be kidding. Go have a look at the that list. Moreso, have a look at the question, it doesn't goes with your answer bruh!

Diz are same pple dat go back 2thier varrious countries nd portary ours in a bad light.Bad market.

seems like at some point they got bleeped over by their 419 channel

This is simply a case of an ordinary british citizen, looking to make money. And saw Nigeria as an easy way; part of Globalization.
Thing is, it aint just Nigeria that's a target. Other African countries too, that value foreigners more than their nationals (with good reasons) are. They are after the trickle of u lots oil money, when they get it, they siphon it all back home (early foundations of empire aka Buccaneers).
What we have here is probably a case of guys not wanting to go through the hoops n all of getting the VISAS or they probably have criminal records back home and see a nice way of making money here n all.
This shouldn't be a "swollen headed" moment for y'all still. Instead, early indication of things to come.

wow

Abeg, if I posted up every case involving a Nigerian doing fraud in the world, the server would crash forthwith! I guess this is just a dose of schadenfreude, the irony indeed.

Story of Nigerians beaten up in jail in India. Where prison guards turned your brothers into madras paste.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-28/chennai/31250245_1_court-orders-probe-puzhal-prison-nigerians

see post on same page...

Chandra (Bengaluru)
28 Mar, 2012 04:43 PM
It is never a surprise to know about thrashing of Nigerians. They are notoriously awful in character and conduct. Many of these Africans who are coming to India for studies are found be drug racketeering or smuggling activities. Govt of India should verify their background before issuing visa

Your people in Brazil jails for drug trafficking. Even a grandmother that should be thinking about her next siesta is willing to carry KG.
http://www.punchng.com/news/septuagenarian-456-others-languish-in-brazil-prisons-dabiri-erewa/

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-28/ahmedabad/30449613_1_prison-guards-nationals-foreign-prisoners

Food becomes a major issue for the prison officials. Last year, a Nigerian national had tried to hang self using his clothes as noose at Sabarmati central jail. The prison officials however prevented the incident and resolved the issue with rational supply of eggs and fruits.

"Out of the lot, we find Nigerian nationals a bit violent and not ready to adhere to the rules. In this particular incident, a Nigerian national who was caught without documents by Ahmedabad rural police last year, wanted to have chicken. We refused repeatedly. He then started demanding freedom and asked us to open the cell. We told him to wait till the next day. When a guard went near the cell, he assaulted him and nearly choked him," narrates a senior prison official.

See how your brother started World War 4 over simple rooster! LOL. You people are too much.

In Saudi, they behead your brothers like it was an Olympic sport.Qorbi bin Mussa Adam, who was convicted of murdering a Saudi national, was the second Nigerian to be executed in Saudi Arabia this year. The other Nigerian, Jamil ‘Abbas Shu’ayb, was beheaded in May.

In both cases, the Saudi Arabian authorities have disclosed very little information about their trials but Amnesty International said that these are likely to have been held in secret and to have been summary, as in the case of Suliman Olyfemi, another Nigerian who remains at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia. He was sentenced to death in 2004.

Suliman Olyfemi’s trial was held in secret and conducted in Arabic, which he does not understand, without adequate interpretation facilities. He had no legal representation or any legal assistance.

It is feared that he was tortured while held incommunicado in pre-trial detention to force him to “confess”.

laykhorn:
Vision what! Did I hear you say Vision 2010. mehn! You gotta be kidding. Go have a look at the that list. Moreso, have a look at the question, it doesn't goes with your answer bruh!

No be your government lie give us.

Vision 2010 na say Nigeria go turn jand and americans/british go dey theif visa come here. No be so.

Fee Dee Fee don ashieve be that naa

{enough of the warri pidgin jare. fingers scratching}

UK Bobo: Abeg, if I posted up every case involving a Nigerian doing fraud in the world, the server would crash forthwith! I guess this is just a dose of schadenfreude, the irony indeed.

Story of Nigerians beaten up in jail in India. Where prison guards turned your brothers into madras paste.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-28/chennai/31250245_1_court-orders-probe-puzhal-prison-nigerians

see post on same page...

Chandra (Bengaluru)
28 Mar, 2012 04:43 PM
It is never a surprise to know about thrashing of Nigerians. They are notoriously awful in character and conduct. Many of these Africans who are coming to India for studies are found be drug racketeering or smuggling activities. Govt of India should verify their background before issuing visa

Your people in Brazil jails for drug trafficking. Even a grandmother that should be thinking about her next siesta is willing to carry KG.
http://www.punchng.com/news/septuagenarian-456-others-languish-in-brazil-prisons-dabiri-erewa/

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-28/ahmedabad/30449613_1_prison-guards-nationals-foreign-prisoners

Food becomes a major issue for the prison officials. Last year, a Nigerian national had tried to hang self using his clothes as noose at Sabarmati central jail. The prison officials however prevented the incident and resolved the issue with rational supply of eggs and fruits.

"Out of the lot, we find Nigerian nationals a bit violent and not ready to adhere to the rules. In this particular incident, a Nigerian national who was caught without documents by Ahmedabad rural police last year, wanted to have chicken. We refused repeatedly. He then started demanding freedom and asked us to open the cell. We told him to wait till the next day. When a guard went near the cell, he assaulted him and nearly choked him," narrates a senior prison official.

See how your brother started World War 4 over simple rooster! LOL. You people are too much.

In Saudi, they behead your brothers like it was an Olympic sport.Qorbi bin Mussa Adam, who was convicted of murdering a Saudi national, was the second Nigerian to be executed in Saudi Arabia this year. The other Nigerian, Jamil ‘Abbas Shu’ayb, was beheaded in May.

In both cases, the Saudi Arabian authorities have disclosed very little information about their trials but Amnesty International said that these are likely to have been held in secret and to have been summary, as in the case of Suliman Olyfemi, another Nigerian who remains at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia. He was sentenced to death in 2004.

Suliman Olyfemi’s trial was held in secret and conducted in Arabic, which he does not understand, without adequate interpretation facilities. He had no legal representation or any legal assistance.

It is feared that he was tortured while held incommunicado in pre-trial detention to force him to “confess”.

And tell me, what are you trying to say?
Did the news of your fellow brother been scammers get to you?
You just showing how shallow you are, and i bet if you have the opportunity you would also scam.
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