ABUJA —The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, weekend, said it had in its custody no fewer than 372 international passports recovered from several persons and agents.
The recovery, according to the agency, is part of an ongoing clamp-down on corruption-prone processes in the acquisition of visas.
The commission disclosed that it had initiated several arrests after receiving an ever increasing number of petitions from prospective students seeking educational placement and patients seeking medical attention abroad, who were duped by some agents.
The effort, ICPC said in a statement by its Resident Consultant, Media and Events, Mr. Folu Olamiti, in Abuja, had led to significant changes in visa administration by respective government departments, travel agencies, embassies and travellers.
Consequently, the statement directed owners of the recovered passports to appear at its headquarters in Abuja, between February 19 and 28, 2014, with proof of ownership and the travel documents supporting their visa applications to respective embassies, to collect their passports.
The agency said: “ICPC operatives, had in October 2013, arrested 18 suspects in Abuja and Lagos. Three of them were allegedly involved in the production of fake documents to satisfy visa requirements, while one was in possession of suspicious travel documents.
”The rest were either arrested for forged documents or for allegedly procure a fake invitation letters from Indian hospitals.
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