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36-year old Nigerian (in the photo), 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 on February 1, 2014,Saturday, said the man, identified as Funsho
Oladimeji Babatunde, has been arrested with the automated teller
machine cards concealed inside a luggage during the outward screening of
Turkish Airline passengers to Istanbul, Turkey.
Hamza
Umar, NDLEA Commander at the Airport, said that the suspect had two
international passports bearing his photographs but with different
names.
“He
had a Nigerian passport with the name Funsho Oladimeji Babatunde and a
Turkish passport with the name Kosar Kursat both bearing his
photographs,” Umar said.
From 107 credit cards recovered from his luggage, 68 were Citi Interswitch Master cards, and 39 – Citi Interswitch Visa cards.
The
suspect who is a native of Iwo town in Kwara State lives in Surulere
Lagos. He is OND graduate of Economics at the Kwara Polytechnic.
During
interrogation he said that his friend from Turkey had called him and
asked to bring a consignment cards to Istanbul, Turkey. The suspect
further narrated he had collected the cards in Lagos, and put in his bag, before the officer had spotted the cards and took him for interrogation.
The
suspect would be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission for further investigation, as the suspect had unlawful
possession of 107 credit cards, which are believed to be used for
fraudulent purposes, since the arrested man was not an authorised
agent.
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