The management of Bankers Warehouse has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to release cash and its employees
arrested at Enugu Airport on Thursday, Dec. 20.
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| Arrested employees of bankers warehouse |
Bankers Warehouse is a company registered by the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) to carry out cash movement as well as currency processing.
The company said in Lagos on Sunday that cash were seized while its
employees were arrested while carrying out legitimate business of cash
movement for one of its banker clients.
It said the employees were arrested, interrogated and detained at
Enugu Airport by the EFCC while carrying out cash movement of its client
from its Onitsha branch to Lagos in spite of providing identification
details.
“The document provided also included a covering note from the bank
authorising the team to move the consignment which is the standard
practice.
“We hereby state categorically that the movement of this currency was
a legitimate business carried out on behalf of a legitimate financial
institution.
“We emphasise that our employees are in no way criminals carrying out any act of illegality as the EFCC has tried to portray.
“These young men whose character and reputation have been
deliberately soiled by the EFCC operatives were conducting their
legitimate duties as requested by bank customer of our company.
“We request for swift and immediate release of our employees and our customer’s currency both detained without proper cause.
“We also demand immediate retraction by the EFCC and an apology
issued to our company and our employees whose images have been
maligned.”
The company said that its client who had been unfairly exposed and
accused of implied illegality and whose money was still improperly held
by the EFCC operatives also deserved a special apology for the
disclosure and damage to their image.
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