Nigerian physician and author Kelvin Araneme has vowed to suing the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) for his defamation, claiming that the allegations against him are false.
Accuse of running immigration fraud throughout his career at his agency, Araneme claims he is helping Nigerians move abroad, saying, “I have never scam or scam anyone in my life.
A BBC’s “African Eye” investigation alleges that Alaneme charged $13,000 for a fake UK care employment visa. Secretly recorded BBC reports reveal a surge in fraud after the UK’s operations of immigration fraudsters and expanded its visa scheme in 2022 to include care workers. The scheme requires applicants to secure a certificate of sponsorship (COS) from a licensed UK employer, a process that has facilitated fraudulent activities.
Between July 2022 and December 2024, the UK government revoked more than 470 nursing sector licenses, affecting more than 39,000 foreign health professionals and care workers who have been employed since 2020.
The BBC claimed it linked Alaneme to fraudulent relocation services and provided a profession that did not exist.
In a secret investigation, Araneme believed she was talking to a business partner in the UK care sector and tried to recruit her by saying, “Get a care home for me. I can make you a billionaire.”
He explained that he would pay £2,000 ($2,600) to the £500 ($650) committee in addition to the vacant seats she reserved at each nursing home. These positions are said to have been sold to Nigerian applicants.
The BBC also found that between March 2022 and May 2023, it issued 1,234 cos between March 2022 and May 2023, and that the efficiency of care was issued 1,234 cos despite only 16 people being employed in 2023.
The UK government revoked its sponsorship license in July 2023, preventing the employment of foreign workers.
At another meeting, secretly filmed, Alaneme detailed how immigrants can get COS for jobs that do not exist, with fake pay records disguised as scams.
Praise, one of the victims, claimed he paid Araneme over £10,000 ($13,000) for an efficient job in care at Clacton-on-Sea.
Denied the allegations, Alaneme emphasized that Careeredu would not employ caregivers, but merely link candidates with legitimate recruiters.
I am making this statement for everyone who knows me here and believes in the vision we have always shared. I have never scam or scammed anyone in my life. And I never do. Since I started in 2020, Careeredu is not only in the UK but… pic.twitter.com/cnajaq8idf– Dr. Kelvin Alaneme (@kelvin_alaneme) March 31, 2025
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“We don’t go through UK employers. We’re always making this clear. Our job is to link qualified employees to legal and licensed employers and recruiters who provide certificates of sponsorship,” he said, adding that some recruiters will charge additional costs for training, transportation and accommodation.
“If these clients are not successful, you will receive a full refund of these additional costs and have no questions.”
When he challenged the BBC online if his business was legal, Araneme replied, “We’ll do that.”
Nigerian doctors also accused the BBC of bias and said, “If the BBC really wants to do a ‘real story’, a lot of people are exploiting people, issuing fake COS, and completely fraudulent people… We don’t insist on putting out this one-sided lie.
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