Nigeria: Couple in Court Over Alleged N1Million Visa Scam

18 September 2013

Edo — A couple, Abdulazeez Umar, 50 and Hajiya Fatima Umar, 48, were on Wednesday arraigned at an Auchi Chief Magistrates' Court for an alleged visa scam.

The couple, facing a 13-count charge, allegedly collected N1 million from a woman, Princess Zainab Alamah, to get a Saudi Arabian visa for her.

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