- By Femi Alabi
Officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC have arrested a banker and a Point of Sales cashier for selling naira not for commercial purposes.
According to a statement on official X handle of EFCC, the suspects were arrested in the early hours of Friday, February 15, 2024, at Ecobank, Rumuobiakani and Maddox Night club, new Government Reservation Area, GRA, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The suspests are Soberechukwu Inya Ewa, a banker and a Point of Sales, POS, cashier, Azubuike Mamwu Obasi who were in procession of N554,600.00 as at the time of arrest.
“Preliminary investigation showed that Ewa, a banker, allegedly specialises in selling new naira notes of different denominations to POS cashiers for commercial purposes while Obasi was caught engaging in currency racketeering by charging fees for new naira notes.
“He was arrested while in possession of N554,600.00 (Five Hundred and Fifty Four Thousand, Six Hundred Naira). The two suspects would soon be charged to court.”