The {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC), Kano Zonal Directorate, has introduced plans to sue suspects allegedly linked to the sum of $86,500, 305,150 Saudi Riyals, and 200 Euros, which have been intercepted and confiscated by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on the Mallam Aminu Kano Worldwide Airport.
This was disclosed in an announcement revealed on the EFCC’s X web page on Monday.
The Fee additionally revealed that it has commenced an investigation into the event.
The event additional underscores the anti-graft company’s clampdown on suspects over undeclared foreign currency at airports.
The funds have been reportedly found in an unaccompanied bag suspected to have been smuggled into the nation. The bag was intercepted on Sunday, April 27, 2025, when a clearing agent, Sale Bala, tried to retrieve it.
In accordance with the EFCC, upon bodily inspection, Customs officers found the foreign currency hid in bedspreads (duvets) and date packages hidden inside the bags.
“The cash was handed over to the EFCC by Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC) Abdulahi Hashim and obtained on behalf of the Fee by Assistant Commander of the EFCC (ACE II) Aminu Bashir,” the assertion added.
The Fee, in collaboration with Customs and different stakeholders, has intensified efforts to enlighten the general public on the authorized necessities for money motion and the implications of non-compliance.
In accordance with the EFCC, the occasion drew a big viewers from the Bureau De Change group, journey companies, airport authorities, pilgrim boards, and the Kano Chamber of Commerce and Business.
Nairametrics beforehand reported that Justice Deinde I. Dipeolu of the Federal Excessive Court docket sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, convicted and sentenced Okunfulure Olusola Steve to 3 months in jail for failing to declare $30,000 on the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The courtroom dominated that the offense violated cash laundering legal guidelines, in accordance with an announcement from the EFCC.
The convict was arrested on March 28, 2025, on the identical airport by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for allegedly making a false declaration involving $30,000.
