EFCC Grants Bail To Suspect With 849 ATMs
BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said it has granted administrative bail to a suspect, Yasir Salihu Abdullahi, caught with 849 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards of various Nigerian banks.
This is just as the EFCC said it has stepped up investigation to determine how the suspect came about the large quantity of ATMs found in his possession, adding that it is also investigating the reason(s) why the cards were being shipped out of the country.
Abdullahi was arrested at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport on Friday August 3, as he was finalizing arrangements to board an Egypt Air passenger plane heading for Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The suspect was intercepted after a scan of his luggage by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) revealed the suspicious items and thereafter alerted the EFCC’s office in Kano.
On arrival, EFCC operatives discovered that the suspect had 490 Guaranty Trust Bank ATM cards; 287 ATM cards of Access Bank; 49 ATM cards of Eco Bank; 10 ATM cards of UBA; six ATM cards of Stanbic IBTC Bank; four ATM cards of Zenith Bank; one ATM card each of Sterling Bank; Standard Chartered Bank; and First City Monument Bank.
In a related development, the Aviation Security at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport on August 3, 2017 arrested another suspected fraudster, Ma Yongbin, alias Suleiman Yunusa, a 46-year- old Chinese National as he tried to board Egypt Air to China.
Yongbin was arrested at the baggage checking point where he was found to have in his possession the sum of N305,000 (Three Hundred and Five Thousand Naira) in N5 denomination.
The suspect was later handed over to the EFCC for further investigation.
A statement by the Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren said the two suspects have made useful statements to officials of the Commission, adding that they have been granted administrative bail while investigations continue.
