Banker Caught By EFCC Selling New Naira Notes To POS Agent

The Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a banker, Soberechukwu Ewa, for allegedly selling new naira notes to a Point of Sales (POS) cashier, Azubuike M. Obasi. 

Azubuike M. Obasi, a Point of Sale (POS) cashier, is purportedly the buyer of new naira notes that a banker named Soberechukwu Ewa allegedly sold to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Agents from the EFCC's Port Harcourt Zonal Command also detained Obasi, the POS agent, and the banker.

The suspects were detained on Friday at Ecobank, Rumuobiakani, and Maddox Nightclub in the new Government Reservation Area (GRA), Port Harcourt, Rivers State, according to a press release issued by EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale on Friday.

According to Oyewale, preliminary findings indicate that the banker specializes in reselling new Naira notes in various denominations to point-of-sale (POS) cashiers for profit.

Conversely, Obasi was discovered to be involved in currency racketeering.

"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," the spokesman said.