Man With 107 ATM Cards Arrested ByNDLEA At Murtala Mohammed Airportby

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said
on Saturday it arrested a man with 107 automated
teller machine cards in his possession at the
Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos.
A statement by NDLEA said its officers discovered
the ATM cards in the man's luggage during the
outward screening of passengers travelling to
Istanbul, Turkey aboard Turkish Airlines. It was
discovered that the man also had two international
passports bearing photographs of him, but with
different names.
The NDLEA Airport Commander, Mr. Hamza
Umar, said the man, aged 36, was apprehended for
dual-identity and also because of the discovered
cards.
"He had a Nigerian passport with the name
Funsho Oladimeji Babatunde and a Turkish
passport with the name Kosar Kursat, both bearing
his photographs. The cards found in his luggage
are 68 Citi Mastercard cards and 39 Citi Visa
cards," Umar said in the statement.
The suspect reportedly told investigators he was
taking the cards to a friend in Turkey.
He said, "My friend in Turkey called me to bring
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 a national diploma
graduate from the Kwara Polytechnic" he stated.
Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Mr.
Ahmadu Giade, was said to have given the directive
for the suspect to be handed over to the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission for further
investigation.
Giade said the cards were believed to be used for
fraudulent purposes, since he was not an
authorised agent. He added that any act capable of
bringing the image of the country into disrepute
would be prevented.
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