Published on October 18, 2012 by pmnews
A
25-year old man, Abubakar Sheriff Tijani who was recently arrested
while trying to smuggle $7 million (about N1.1 billion) out of Nigeria
at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos southwest Nigeria,
will be arraigned in court tomorrow.
THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOUND ON TIJANI
It
was learnt the suspect declared he was travelling with $4.5 million but
when operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
screened him thoroughly, $7 million was found on him.
PART OF THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOUND ON TIJANI
He was said to be on his way to Dubai, United Arab Emirates when he was arrested on 27 September, 2012.When
he was interrogated, Sheriff reportedly confessed to EFCC operatives
that he was hired by 20 people to ferry the money to Dubai.
He will be arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Friday.
Sources
at EFCC said he will be docked for contravening section 12 of the
Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act Cap. F34
Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and Section 2(5) of the Money
Laundering Prohibition Act, 2011.
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