Two citizens of the Republic of Togo have been arrested in Osogbo by men
of the Nigeria Immigration Service , Osun State Command, while
attempting to obtain Nigerian passports .
The Togolese,
Ametchonwoun Alexandre Adodo and Awoudya Yao Francis, were arrested on
the premises of the Osun State Command of the NIS when they appeared for
photographic capturing .
The suspects , it was learnt, entered
Nigeria without passports and wanted to travel to Kenya to secure jobs
with Nigerian passports .
It was also gathered that Ametchonwoun
and Awoudya applied for Nigerian passports as Alexandre Adebayo and
Francis Adebayo, respectively.
The suspects said they paid N 65 , 000 to one Saheed Ajibola , who was assisting them to obtain the passports .
The
Comptroller , NIS , Osun State Command, Mr Adebowale Idowu, said the
suspects used fake local government identification documents from
Badagry in Lagos State.
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