By Rafiu Ajakaye
LAGOS, Nigeria
An American soldier accused of duping women through a web of
Police said Garrick Michael, a U.S. citizen, was arrested after he extorted at least three women under the pretext of helping them to secure visas to the United States.
“His victims included Sylva Chineyenwa, Wuchi Peace, and Duny Glory, among others,” the state-owned News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted Dasuki Galadanchi, the police commissioner in the southeast Imo state, as telling reporters.
Michael also confessed to having visa deals with the women but denied he was out to defraud them, the agency reported.
The American reportedly said he was on a visit to his wife who lives in Nigeria when he met the victims of the visa fraud.
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