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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