On the 31st January 2025, at about 5:pm, acting on intelligence, the existence of over Two Hundred persons were discovered in a Three Bedroom Flat in the Kuwait area, Birnin Kebbi.
Consequently, the resident was raided by a team of Detectives attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), and successfully arrested One Hundred and Sixty-five (165) occupants.
In the course of the investigation, it was discovered that all of the arrested suspects were from Francophone countries namely: Burkina Faso, 35, Benin Republic, 11, Niger Republic, 5, Mali, 4 and Ivory Coast, 110. The investigation further revealed that they are residing in Nigeria without any valid documents and allegedly involved in the Qnet Ponzi Scheme.
On conclusion of the preliminary investigations by the Command, the arrested suspected immigrants have been transferred to the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kebbi State Command, for the continuation of investigation and further necessary action, please.
