Forgery: British embassy holds Nigerian Film producer

A Nigerian film producer who wanted to travel out of Nigeria has been arrested by the British High Commission over forgery of income tax clearance certificate from the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue Service.
The suspect, St. John Ojo Osaghae, was arrested by the Special Fraud Unit after it received a petition from the British Deputy High Commission to the Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit, Tunde Ogunsakin, alleging Osaghae, holder of Nigerian passport no. A0 3916493, applied for a six months visitors visa to the UK on September 27, 2013 but the visa application was refused and it was discovered that the applicant had submitted a forged income tax clearance certificate from the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue Service.
The certificate was checked by a trained forgery officer.
The suspect was arrested and in the course of investigation, it was revealed that Osaghae, a 34-year-old man from Benin in Edo State, graduated from Ambrose Alli University and is a film producer.
According to him, he was given an invitation letter for a film festival award in the United Kingdom last year but was denied visa by the UK High Commission.
He said that sometime in August 2013, his friend, Osahon, introduced him to one Smart Imafidon, who charged him N180,000 to assist him package another set of documents for visa application to the British High Commission.
He allegedly confessed that it was Imafidon who procured all the forged documents, including the company income tax he took to the embassy for visa application.
Further investigation by the police led to the arrest of Imafidon, a document vendor, who stated that he is a musician as well as a consultant for visa applicants.
Imafidon corroborated Osaghae’s statement that he packaged all the documents for the visa application, which turned out to be forged.
He further stated that it was Osaghae who instigated him to forge the company income tax since he was desperate to travel to the United Kingdom.
SFU’s spokesperson, Ngozi Isintume-Agu, confirmed the arrest of the two suspects.
Isintume-Agu\ said that investigation was ongoing, adding that both suspects will be arraigned in court as soon as possible to serve as deterrent to other desperate Nigerians intending to travel out of the country with forged documents.

Forgery: British embassy holds Nigerian Film producer
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A Nigerian film producer who wanted to travel out of Nigeria has been arrested by the British High Commission over forgery of income tax clearance certificate from the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue Service.
The suspect, St. John Ojo Osaghae, was arrested by the Special Fraud Unit after it received a petition from the British Deputy High Commission to the Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit, Tunde Ogunsakin, alleging Osaghae, holder of Nigerian passport no. A0 3916493, applied for a six months visitors visa to the UK on September 27, 2013 but the visa application was refused and it was discovered that the applicant had submitted a forged income tax clearance certificate from the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue Service.
The certificate was checked by a trained forgery officer.
The suspect was arrested and in the course of investigation, it was revealed that Osaghae, a 34-year-old man from Benin in Edo State, graduated from Ambrose Alli University and is a film producer.
According to him, he was given an invitation letter for a film festival award in the United Kingdom last year but was denied visa by the UK High Commission.
He said that sometime in August 2013, his friend, Osahon, introduced him to one Smart Imafidon, who charged him N180,000 to assist him package another set of documents for visa application to the British High Commission.
He allegedly confessed that it was Imafidon who procured all the forged documents, including the company income tax he took to the embassy for visa application.
Further investigation by the police led to the arrest of Imafidon, a document vendor, who stated that he is a musician as well as a consultant for visa applicants.
Imafidon corroborated Osaghae’s statement that he packaged all the documents for the visa application, which turned out to be forged.
He further stated that it was Osaghae who instigated him to forge the company income tax since he was desperate to travel to the United Kingdom.
SFU’s spokesperson, Ngozi Isintume-Agu, confirmed the arrest of the two suspects.
Isintume-Agu\ said that investigation was ongoing, adding that both suspects will be arraigned in court as soon as possible to serve as deterrent to other desperate Nigerians intending to travel out of the country with forged documents.