Spokesman of the commission, Mr
Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Uwujaren said the suspect, Adamu
Rabiu Mohammed, was intercepted by Customs officers at the Kaduna International
Airport on March 3.
According to him, Mohammed was
preparing to board an Ethiopian Airline flight to Dubai, United Arab Emirates
when he caught the attention of the Customs men.
He was subsequently handed over
to the EFCC for further investigation.
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.”
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