By Isaac Aregbesola
Travel agents accused of swindling Nigerians who travelled to Russia for the 2018 World Cup tournament are to be arrested and prosecuted.
The agents were reported to have cancelled the return tickets of Nigerian football fans and making them stranded after the 2018 tournament.
The Nigerian Ambassador to Russia, Prof. Steve Ugba, said in an online video on Sunday released in Abuja by the spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Tope Elias-Fatile.
Ugba spoke on the government’s position on the issue while addressing the stranded Nigerians in Moscow, Russia before their departure to Nigeria.
The stranded football fans besieged the Nigerian Embassy in Moscow on July 12, for assistance at the end of the 2018 World Cup tournament.
There were allegations that their return tickets were cancelled abruptly by airline agents, forcing the fans to…
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