The Seme Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Friday revealed that 16 Nigerians have been deported from Ghana for allegedly committing cybercrimes.
The Controller of the Command, Chukwu Emeka, disclosed this at a news conference in Seme, Lagos State.
Emeka noted that the deportees are young Nigerians who claimed that they were deceived or intentionally went out of the country in search of greener pastures.
“Ghana’s Financial and Intelligence Agency accused them of cybercrime but from our preliminary investigation, we discovered that some of them were lured into these criminal activities due to the get-rich syndrome our youths are developing.
“Some of them are victims because they were deceived that they can make money if they leave Nigeria. Unfortunately, they don’t get the actual thing they bargained for in Ghana.
“Further investigation also showed that most of them left the country through illegal routes or through the sea to other West African Countries”, he said.
The Controller lamented that it was painful seeing young Nigerians engaging in unholy activities when they were supposed to be building their talents for the future.
He further advised Nigerians to always travel with valid documents, while urging them to live and do their businesses according to the law of that land they had travelled to.
