A 64-year-old man, Mohamed Ibrahim, a Forex
trading consultant, has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector- General
of Intelligence Response Team (IRT), for allegedly selling stolen dollars in
Kogi State.
Ibrahim, who explained that his first
business was supplying of Agricultural products, said that he later ventured
into Forex trading.
He said: “I was in my office when
someone approached me that he had a dollar currency he wanted to sell. He
promised to give me a commission after I might have sold the dollars, which we
both agreed. After he had explained everything to me, I decided to look for
buyers that would buy the dollars. Before selling the dollars, I insisted that
the money would be confirmed from bank. Later, one Clement came to me that he
had got someone that wanted to buy the dollar. I told the person that we should
meet at the bank of the owner of the money for certification, accounting and
payment of the money.
“While planning to join them at the
bank, I was in my office when two policemen came to arrest me. Initially, I didn’t
know why I was arrested until we got to the bank where the owner of the money
and the buyer were waiting. When we got to the bank, the two men waiting for me
were also arrested. We were brought to IRT office for interrogation.
Unfortunately, when I was making plan on how to sell the dollar, the owner
didn’t tell me the source of the money.”
Ibrahim, an indigene of Ankpa Local
Government Area, Kogi State, said he graduated from Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria. He stated that within two year after he started the Forex trading
business, he was given a license as an operator.
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