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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, , has issued a scam alert of scammers posing as personnel of the agency to defraud unsuspecting individuals with claims of arrests of love ones with drugs and demanding millions of naira as bail money. The scammers, according to the agency, have been in the habit of targeting individuals living…
NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi in a statement said this indicates that there is “A new scheme by scammers who impersonate NDLEA officers and call unsuspecting citizens to inform them of the arrest of their relatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja Lagos or any other international airport in Nigeria with illicit drugs upon arrival in the country.
“At the moment, there is one of such scenarios the agency has just investigated. In this case, the picture of a Nigerian man based in the US is being circulated with an audio of a purported NDLEA officer negotiating the payment of N5 million with a female relative for the release of the US-based Nigerian man purportedly arrested at the Lagos airport on Friday 22nd March upon his arrival with a ‘contraband’.
“No NDLEA officer is involved in the audio conversation and the person whose photo is attached to the audio recording being circulated is not in our custody at MMIA or any of our Commands either as at yesterday or any other day. National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, , has issued a scam alert of scammers posing as personnel of the agency to defraud unsuspecting individuals with claims of arrests of love ones with drugs and demanding millions of naira as bail money. The scammers, according to the agency, have been in the habit of targeting individuals living…
The Nigeria Customs Service said its operatives in Adamawa and Taraba recently thwarted smugglers from illegally transporting Premium Motor Spirit known as petrol to Cameroon. Spokesperson of the Adamawa/Taraba Command, Naomi Titus, in a statement said the operatives demonstrated unwavering efforts for effective border management and to suppress smuggling activities at Nigeria's borders.…
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