"Black
Market Price" - Faces Of Workers Nabbed For Selling Abuja Train Tickets
Operatives
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Office have arrested
five suspected train ticket racketeers.
The
commission swung into action after receiving an intelligence report alleging
that some group of people at the Idu and Kubwa train stations have been
racketeering train tickets making it difficult for passengers to have access to
tickets and further sabotaging government efforts.
The
suspects were arrested during a sting operation at the stations.
They
include, Clement Zakka, Udim Sunday Samson, Adams Danladi, Otitomoni Omobolanle
and Hassan Dauda. They will soon be charged to court.
In
the same vein, operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the EFCC, on Sunday,
April 7, 2019 acting on intelligence report, also arrested ticket racketeers at
the Rigasa Train Station.
Investigations
revealed that some members of staff of the station in connivance with some
touts were defrauding unsuspecting travellers and selling train tickets at a
higher rate.
For
economy ticket of N1,300/N1,500 they were selling at a rate of N2,000 to N5,000
and First Class which goes for N2,500 was being sold for between N7,000 to
N15,000.
Three
persons, including a staff of the station and two touts have been arrested.
The
Station Manager, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Parcel Booking Officer of
the Kaduna Railway Station have also been invited for questioning.
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