Bankers Warehouse Ltd., a company duly
licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN to carry out cash movement and
currency processing, says the $2.8 million intercepted by the EFCC at Enugu
Airport on Thursday was wrongly seized.
In a statement, the firm said the
seizure happened while providing a legitimate currency movement for one of the
bank-clients from Onitsha to its branch in Lagos, saying its couriers were
stopped at the Enugu Airport, detained and interrogated by the EFCC despite
providing identification details.
The statement added that documents
provided also included a covering note from the bank, authorising the team to
move the consignment, which is the standard practice.
The statement was a follow-up to the
letter the Bankers Warehouse Ltd wrote to the CBN to complain about the $2.8m
seizure and ask for its intervention immediately the incident happened on
Thursday.
It cited an article in Daily Trust
Online as well as the EFCC website where its staff have been paraded as
suspected money launderers, exposing the identity of their client and
portraying the company in not just a negative, but criminal light.
The company therefore called for an
immediate release of its staff still in detention and an apology from the EFCC.
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