At Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana's intelligence service, the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), on September 12 arrested a 42-year-old man with 656 ATM cards connected to nine banks in Ghana and Nigeria.

Named Bachir Musa Aminou the arrested man had in his possession a Nigerian passport. The cards were packed in a black plastic bag containing kola nuts bound for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He was making the departure formalities for Dubai. According to reports, he arrived in Ghana on August 20, 2021 in transit to Dubai. He first arrived in Ghana on April 29, 2020 and departed for Dubai on May 26, 2020 via Ethiopia. After his arrest and during questioning, Aminou claimed that 132 of the cards belong to him and the rest of the cards are for his business partners in Dubai. The cards seized will be sent to the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for further investigation.