The Zonal Head, EFCC, Lagos, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa said that the ATM cards would be used for money laundering, adding that investigation would start in ernest to unravel whether there was a conspiracy or not.
“We have taken over Abubakar, who is in possession of 2886 ATM cards concealed in a carton of noddle, together with 4 sim cards to investigate and know whether there is conspiracy, or foreign exchange malpractices.
“We are also to determine whether banks or bankers are involved in this crime. We will investigate and anyone found wanting will be prosecuted alongside the suspect.
Bawa said that having more than one ATM card is not a crime but for someone to be arrested for being in possession of 2,863 at a time brings about lot of suspicion and its conspiracy itself .
He added that the cards being from different banks also raised suspicion.
Bawa also raised alarm of Nigerians selling their bank accounts to fraudsters, adding that in the last couple of years, that had been the trend among Nigerians.
“In the last couple of years, we notice a trend whereby Nigerians are selling their bank accounts to fraudsters as they advise people to open bank accounts and they buy from them as low as N10,000.
“They should know that anyone buying your bank account is using it for fraudulent transactions and banks also need to be investigated because that means they are not carrying due diligence such as Know Your Customers (KYC) on the respective bank customers.
