A 29- year-old
man, Yahya Saifullahi , was recently arrested by
Immigration officers at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport
with 870 ATM cards and two bank internet tokens.
The
suspect arrested aboard Ethiopia Airways’ Flight No ET 940 with Passport
No. A06694052 was said to be on his way to Dubai.
(The suspect)
A member of the presidential task force
on money laundering and illegal movement of foreign currency, Tukur Ibrahim,
informed Vanguard that Immigration operatives
at the airport arrested the young man in his late 20s when he was singled
out for scrutiny.
Tukur
Ibrahim disclosed that “the suspect lost his composure and psychological make
up at that moment and on frisking a total of 870 ATM cards were found on him.”
While
noting that the suspect concealed the ATM cards under his groin, Tukur gave the
breakdown of seized ATM cards as Ecobank, 24; GT Bank, 118; Access Bank,
170; Diamond Bank, 71; Sterling Bank, three; Keystone Bank,
nine; Skye Bank 34 and UBA Plc, eight.
(The ATM cards)
According
to the Immigration official, other confiscated ATM cards also include
Wema Bank, three; Zenith Bank, 20; Heritage Bank, 21; Standard Chartered
Bank, 10; First Bank, 42; Union Bank, 26; Stanbic IBTC, 30;
Unity Bank, 45; Fidelity Bank, 40 and FCMB, 196.
Tukur
Ibrahim revealed that the suspect had since been handed over to the EFCC for
further investigation and prosecution.
-Vanguard
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