The
Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has confirmed the interception of fake
financial instruments worth N13.65billions in the first nine months of 2014 by
its operatives, ITRealms reports.
This
is as the organisation says that United States of America and Britain were the
major destinations for counterfeit mails, stressing officials of the two
countries were cooperating with NIPOST to control transmission of counterfeit
mails.
The
Postmaster General of the Federation, Mallam Ibrahim Baba, who disclosed this recently
while briefing newsmen in a ceremony to mark the 2014 World Post Day, said
between January and September 159 scam letters containing counterfeit financial
instruments and other prohibited items were intercepted.
Giving
insight into the seizure, the NIPOST boss noted that of the counterfeit
financial instruments seized by NIPOST to include 17 mails worth N149,891,400
were intercepted in January; 66 worth N8,439,690 in February; 18 worth
N159,654,963 in March; and 26 worth N118,329,017.36 in May.
Others,
Baba listed include 32 mails worth N11,481,408,130.40 in June; four worth
N672,632,019 in July; four worth N229,240,200.16 in August; and two worth
N757,525,422.16 in the month of September.
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