The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has intensified the probe of a Dubai-bound Nigerian identified as Yasir Salihu Abdullahi, who had in his bag, 849 Automated Teller Machine cards of various Nigerian banks.
Investigations are already on to find out how he came about the cards and the reason he was taking them out of the country.
Abdullahi was picked up at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport on Friday August 3, as he prepared to board an Egypt Air flight heading for Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
A scan of his luggage by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service revealed the suspicious items.
The officers therefore alerted the EFCC’s office in Kano. EFCC discovered that the suspect had 490 Guaranty Trust Bank ATM cards, 287 of Access Bank, 49 of Eco Bank, 10 of UBA, and six of Stanbic IBTC Bank.
He was also in the possession of 4 ATM cards of Zenith Bank, and one each of Sterling Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and First City Monument Bank.
The EFCC did not state whether all the cards were issued in the suspect’s name.
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