A Belgium based
businessman, Jonathan Odu Isikwei aka Joe , has been questioning by
operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC for unlawful possession of 448 travellers Cheques. Isikwei 51, a
native of Igbodo in Aniocha Local Government Area of Delta State, was arrested
at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos by the Operatives of
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) during the outward clearance of
passengers on a Belgium- bound flight.
The 448 travellers cheques recovered from Isikwei were
discovered to purportedly belong to four banks in America, Europe and Canada.
The Banks and the travellers cheques are: Gun Nebo Inc. (Bank of Nova Scotia)-
117 pieces, Postbank Frankfurt -258 pieces, Safe Federal Credit Union -41
pieces and RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) -32 pieces.
All the travelers cheques were signed, with some having
monetary value written on them. Among the Cheques belonging to Safe Federal
Credit Union, 27 pieces were blank while 14 pieces of the Cheques have monetary
value worth 322,800 US Dollars. Twenty Seven pieces of the travelers cheques
belonging to Gun Nebo Canada Inc. were blank while 90 pieces of the cheques
have monetary value worth 354,300 Canadian Dollars.
The suspect who claims he exports dried fish from Nigeria
to Belgium, told investigators that he collected the parcel for onward delivery
to a friend without any knowledge of the content.
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