A
36-year old Nigerian, with two different International passports, has
been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos,
with 107 Citi Bank credit cards, the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency, NDLEA said in a statement today.
NDLEA
said it arrested Funsho Oladimeji Babatunde with the automated teller
machine cards, 68 Citi Interswitch Master cards and 39 Citi Interswitch
Visa cards, concealed inside a luggage during the outward screening of
Turkish Airline passengers to Istanbul, Turkey. He had a Nigerian
passport with the name Funsho Oladimeji Babatunde and a Turkish passport
with the name Kosar Kursat both bearing his photographs.
When
he was asked how he came about the credit cards, Funsho said; ‘My
friend in Turkey called me that I should help in sending the cards to
him in Istanbul, Turkey. When I collected the cards in Lagos, I kept
them in my bag but during search, the officer saw the cards and took me
for interrogation. I am an OND graduate of Economics at the Kwara
Polytechnic’.
He
will be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) for further investigation but preliminary investigation suggests
the financial instruments might be used for fraudulent purposes since he
is not an authorised agent.
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