A notorious syndicate of Cameroonian nationals involved in kidnapping victims on the pretext of visa processing has been busted in Ogun State.
The police command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, said the anti-kidnapping unit arrested two suspects during a raid on their hideout in Mowe, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
She said the gang leader escaped.
Odutola said a distress call from a Cameroonian woman, Kengne Maeva, who was lured into Nigeria on September 29, 2025, by a man named Donald led to the arrest of thesuspects
She said investigations unravelled that Donald had promised to process a Canadian visa for Maeva but instead held her and her younger sister hostage in a two-bedroom flat in Pakuro, Ogun state.
Odutola said the woman escaped on November 3 and informed the police, saying other victims were also being held.
The police subsequently raided the hideout and arrested two Ndzana Kamga Isidore and Tingue Stephen.
The police said the victims’ families in Cameroon had paid 3.6 million CFA francs ransom into the fleeing suspect’s bank account.
“Shortly after she arrived at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, she was received by the supposed ‘agency’ which provided transportation from Lagos to Mowe, Ogun state, where she and her younger sister, aged 23 years, were held hostage.
“On 3rd November 2025, the complainant escaped from captivity and alerted the police, disclosing that more victims who fell for the same ploy were being held in a two-bedroom flat in the Pakuro area of Ogun State,” the statement reads.
