Bureau of Immigration to deport 4 Nigerians for credit card fraud

MANILA, Philippines – Four Nigerian nationals suspected of belonging to a local credit card fraud syndicate are set for deportation, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said yesterday.

BI Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said in a statement that they would soon schedule the return of Benson Alochukwa Onwuama, Rotini Mumuni Oladapo, Robinson Adatire, and Olarewaju Mojeed Ayegbusi to Nigeria.

They were earlier apprehended by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and later turned over to the BI.

Last June 25, the NBI-Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division (AFCCD) arrested the four Nigerians at their apartment in Bacoor, Cavite after one of their victims claimed the suspects reportedly sold her an electric Philippine Airlines (PAL) ticket. It was only when she was about to board the airplane that airport personnel stopped her and informed her that the credit card used to buy the e-ticket was bogus.

The Nigerians would remain at the BI jail in Bicutan, Taguig City until the criminal complaint filed by the NBI against them before the Cavite provincial prosecutors’ office has been resolved.

They were charged with violating Republic Act 8484 for engaging in the manufacture, distribution and use of counterfeit credit cards.