The Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, handed over
the sum of 375,000 USD (N135,187,500) and one Adamu Rabiu Muhammad with
passport number A50280997 to the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal office.
The suspect, a business man from Kano was intercepted at the
international wing of the Kaduna International airport, traveling on
board ET941 Ethiopian Airline to Dubai on a business trip.
A team of Custom officers on patrol, led by CSC Medugu Y.D.
apprehended the suspect on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at about 12:22hrs.
While commending the Nigerian Customs Service for its vigilance,
EFCC Kaduna Zonal Head of Operations, Ibrahim Bappa, enjoined other Law
enforcement agencies to work with the EFCC for a corrupt free Nigeria.
Receiving the suspect, the Head of the Kaduna Zonal office of the commission, Mr Ibrahim Bappa, reportedly assured the public that no efforts would be spared to get to the bottom of the matter.
Bappa, who acknowledged the synergy between the EFCC and the Nigeria Customs Service, commended the officers for their vigilance.
Uwujaren said the suspect would be arraigned as soon as investigation was concluded.
The Money Laundering (Prohibition ) Act, 2011 forbids individuals coming into or leaving the country from carrying above 10,000 dollars cash, except the amount is declared.
Section 2(3) provides that “transportation of cash or negotiable instruments in excess of 10,000 dollars or its equivalent by individuals in or out of the country shall be declared to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
Section 2(5) states, “Any person who falsely declares or fails to make a declaration to the NCS pursuant to section 12 of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, Cap. F34, LFN, 2004 is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to forfeit the undeclared funds or negotiable instrument or to imprisonment of not less than two (2) years or to both.”
