India ---Arrested Nigerians say Delhi’s Tughlakabad Extension is hub of online frauds

Two Nigerian nationals Kennnth Osuji and Ibrahim Onogiede held by Gurgaon police in an online fraud

Two Nigerian nationals held by Gurgaon police in an online fraud case have said during questioning that a large number of foreign nationals are staying at Tughlakabad Extension in New Delhi without valid passports and visas, police said.

According to an officer close to the investigation, the duo, identified as Ibrahim Onogiede (28) and Kenneth Chika Osuji (29), told them that a number of other Nigerian nationals are involved in online frauds by sending spam mails and duping people through fake social media accounts.

They have been staying at Tughlakabad Extension for over one and a half years but their visas have expired, the officer said.

The police had arrested them along with a woman, identified as Seema Sheikh, on January 4 from Tughlakabad Extension on charges of duping Gurgaon resident Hitesh Vyas of Rs1.7 lakh after approaching him through a fake Facebook account.