Sierra Leonean Man Arrested at Lagos Airport With $90,000 Cash En Route Freetown
Deborah Sorie A Sierra Leonean national, Alhaji Ahmed Shaw, was on Thursday, remanded at the correctional centre by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for alleged non-declaration of the sum of $90,000 to the Nigerian Customs Service.
Justice Deinde Dipeolu ordered the remand of Shaw in the custody of the Nigerian Customs Service following his arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The EFCC in one count alleged that the defendant failed to declare the sum of $90,000 during inward clearance of Sierra Leone-bound travellers.
Its prosecution counsel, Chinenye Okezie, told the court that the defendant committed the offence at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
According to her, the offences committed contravened Section 3(5) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition and Prevention) Act, 2022.
However, Shaw pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.
According to her, the offences committed contravened Section 3(5) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition and Prevention) Act, 2022.
However, Shaw pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.
My country is from criminals
I hope they will release him genuinely if he gives authentic reason traveling with that huge amount of money…