A man who claims to be a tomato trader
has approached the EFCC to claim
ownership of the N250million loot recently
found in Balogun market in Lagos.
As controversies rock the nation over the
discovery of a staggering N15 billion in an
Ikoyi, Lagos apartment, a man has
reportedly shown up at the Lagos office of
the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) claiming ownership of
the N250 million found at the Balogun
Market, Lagos, on Monday.
An EFCC source who did not want to be
named informed alabatvnews and Saturday Tribune that “a
man came on Wednesday claiming the money
belonged to him and that it was the proceeds of
his trade in tomatoes.”
“We asked him what business fetched him the
money, the man said he deals in bringing tomatoes
from the North to sell in Lagos. We asked him why
he did not put the money in bank, he said he does
not use banks. Meanwhile the money is in bales
with bank wrappers bearing stamps dated as
recent as 6th April, 2017.
“The man was arrested, his statement taken but
has been given an administrative bail as
investigations continue,” the EFCC source told
Saturday Tribune while adding that the
money had been deposited with the Central
Bank.
As of press time, EFCC spokesperson in
Lagos, Sammin Amadin, was yet to respond
to an inquiry on the matter.
-Nigerian Tribune ,
Alabatvnews.
No comments:
Post a Comment