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The State Security Service, Lagos, has warned all vehicle owners to be vigilant while procuring licences for their vehicles so as not to fall victim to fraudsters.
The warning was given by the Director SSS, Lagos, Mr. Achu Olayi, on Tuesday while parading six suspects who belonged to a syndicate which specialised in manufacturing and selling fake vehicle licences.
Achu said the SSS operatives were able to arrest the suspects through intelligence gathering.
He said, “Based on intelligence report, we uncovered the hideout of syndicate that specialised in processing the licences and restricted government documents at 18 Herbert Macaulay Street, Lagos.
“During a raid of the hideout, six suspected members of the syndicate were arrested. They include: Ola Joshua (62), Gbenga Odubore (29), Muyideen Taiwo (23), Muliskat Olayina (27), Adebayo Owoloabi and Abiodun Adegbenga (25).”
Displaying some of the forged documents, which could easily be mistaken for the original, Olayi said it was possible the suspects had collaborators in vehicle licencing offices.
“Although the documents look original, we brought experts, who identified them as fake.
“Even if the documents look original, so long as it was not issued by the authorised agency, it can never be original.
“The suspects have made statements and will soon be charged to court but there is a possibility that they have collaborators in licencing offices.”
Olayi described the operations of the suspects as economic sabotage, saying they made money by selling some of the documents to unsuspecting people.
“Fraud-related crimes are the bane of this country and have denied us many investments in and outside the country.
“Residents of Lagos should stop patronising these quacks and touts and go directly to the licencing offices,” he said.
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