Banker Warehouse Demands Apology From EFCC, Says Our Corporate Image Has Been Maligned

Bankers Warehouse Management team has asked the Financial and Economic Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release its cash and employees detained at Enugu Airport on Thursday, Dec. 20 with an apology.

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) registered the Bankers Warehouse as a company to carry out cash movement as well as currency processing.

On Sunday, the Bankers Warehouse in Lagos stated that its staff were detained and interrogated at Enugu Airport by the EFCC while carying out cash movement of its client’s money from its Onitsha branch to Lagos in spite of providing identification details.

“The document provided also included a covering note from the bank authourising 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 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 and an apology issued to our company and our employees whose images have been maligned.”

NAN reports that, 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.