Nigerian Police Raid Abuja Hideouts of Alleged QNET-Linked Recruitment Ring, Arrest Recruiters and Rescue Victims

ABUJA, Nigeria - November 10, 2026

Nigerian police raided several suspected hideouts in the Federal Capital Territory on November 10, arresting alleged recruiters and rescuing young people from Nigeria, Ghana and Liberia who reportedly were lured into a recruitment scheme operating under the QNET name.

The operation was carried out by the Special Tactical Squad of the Nigeria Police Force's Force Intelligence Department, under the supervision of squad commander Assistant Commissioner of Police Victor Ogbiede Godfrey and on the orders of Deputy Inspector-General Zachariah Fera Achinyan, who heads the department. Suspects were taken to the department's facility in Guzape, Abuja, for interrogation, and the rescued recruits were taken to its headquarters for profiling before being reunited with their families. Achinyan also directed investigators to trace the financial transactions tied to the network.

According to accounts of the operation, the recruiters targeted unemployed graduates, job seekers and artisans with promises of overseas jobs, travel visas, training programs and business opportunities. Recruits were reportedly housed in crowded apartments, put through intensive motivational sessions and pressed to pay upfront fees ranging from about 500,000 naira to 2.5 million naira or more, then told to bring in friends and relatives to recover their money. The raid reportedly followed complaints that a victim brought to a nongovernmental organization run by social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, who worked with police on the case.

Names linked by investigators and earlier enforcement actions to similar networks include Q University, QNet Nigeria Ltd, IGNITE and Mighty Infinity Millionaire Ltd, and the alleged operations reportedly extend to Ghana, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire and Mali. Police said the investigation is continuing, that more people may be identified, and that the allegations against those arrested remain subject to court determination. They urged parents and job seekers to verify any job, education, business or migration offer with recognized government agencies before paying money or traveling.

The Abuja raid is the second police action involving the QNET name in Nigeria in about two weeks. On October 26, the Niger State Police Command arrested 17 people in Minna over an alleged scheme that collected about 4 million naira from four victims who said the suspects claimed to work for Quest International, also known as QNET. Those suspects were transferred to the state criminal investigation department for prosecution, and police said two others remained at large. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission also raided a suspected QNET-linked operation in Gwagwalada in March 2025.

QNET, the Hong Kong-based direct selling company, has repeatedly said it has no connection to groups that misuse its brand for job or investment scams. The company has said it was not convicted in an earlier Nigerian court case and that the companies involved in that case were unaffiliated businesses using the QNET name.