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Court Jails Woman For Selling Naira Notes, Other For Not Declaring Dollars
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#EFCC #Lagos ©May 4th, 2025 ®May 4, 2025 7:11 pm Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has sentenced a woman to one year imprisonment with no option of fine for being caught and arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for selling or hawking Nigeria legal tender, Naira currency, the woman, according to the court ruling, had been convicted before by another court for naira abuse, this, as another Federal High Court also in Lagos State convicted a man and ordered the man to forfeit to the Federal Government more than £8000 he failed to declare or submit before the Nigerian Custom Service at the International Airport in Lagos, and in addition, the Court sentenced the man to six months imprisonment with option of ₦200,000 fine. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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federal High Court sitting in Lagos
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State has sentenced a woman to one-year
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imprisonment with no option of fine for
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being caught and arraigned by the
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
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EFCC for selling or hawking Nigeria
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Legal Tender Naira currency the woman
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according to the court ruling had been
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convicted before by another court for
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Naira abuse this as another federal high
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court also in Lagos state convicted a
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man and ordered the man to forfeit to
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the federal government more than £8,000
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he failed to declare or submit before
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the Nigerian customs service at the
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international airport in Lagos and in
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addition the court sentenced the man to
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6 months imprisonment with option of
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200,000 naira fine details of the
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reports are presented verbatim below as
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reported and contained in the news
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release made available by the public
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relations unit of the economic and
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financial crimes commission
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EFCC court jails ex-convict one other
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for hawking naira notes in Lagos justice
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yelen bogaro of the federal high court
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sitting in a koi Lagos on Friday May 2nd
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2025 convicted and sentenced the duo of
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fole adote and Medupe Adawui to one-year
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imprisonment each for hawking naira
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notes they were arraigned by the Lagos
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zonal director at one of the economic
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and financial crimes commission EFCC
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Aaloo road aoy Lagos on a separate
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one-count charge bordering on illegal
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hawking of naira notes the charge
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against adote reads that you folk on the
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21st day of March 2025 opposite regency
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hall joy fell we aed in Lagos within the
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jur jurisdiction of this honorable court
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hawk the sum of
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3,850,000 naira
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3,850,000 naira issued by the central
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bank of Nigeria and thereby committed an
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offense contrary to and punishable under
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section 214 of the central bank of
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Nigeria act
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2007 that of adoui reads that you medupe
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adawi on the 21st day of March 2025 5 at
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Joby Fell Street opposite Regency Event
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Center Alasaka in Lagos within the
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jurisdiction of this honorable court
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engaged in hawking the total sum of
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1,600,000 naira
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1,600,000 naira of 500 naira and 1,000
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naira denominations issued by the
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central bank of Nigeria and thereby
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committed an offense contrary to section
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214 and punishable under section 211 of
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the Central Bank of Nigeria
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Establishment Act
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2007 they pleaded guilty to their
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charges following which prosecution
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council ZB Aiku tended the confessional
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statement as well as the money recovered
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from them in evidence and urged the
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court to convict and sentence them
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accordingly the prosecution council
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further informed the court that Adoti
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was an ex-convict having been prosecuted
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before Justice Ibrahim Kala and
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convicted on the same matter of naira
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abuse justice Bogaro sentenced Adotei to
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one-year imprisonment without an option
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of fine in addition her POS machine as
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well as the money recovered from her
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were forfeited to the federal government
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adawi also bagged one-year imprisonment
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or to pay 500,000 naira 500,000 naira
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fine in addition her POSOS machine and
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money recovered from her were also
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forfeited to the federal government
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adoti and Adawui were intercepted on
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March 21st 2025 along Joby Felway Aeda
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Lagos while Hawking Naira notes to the
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tune of
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3,850,000 naira and
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1,600,000 naira respectively alleged
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money laundering EFCC rearrange man for
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non-declaration of
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$90,000 the Lagos sonal directorate 2 of
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the economic and financial crimes
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commission EFCC Okot Akoy Lagos on
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Friday May 2nd 2025 rearrained one
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Alhaji Ahmed Shaw before justice diolu
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of the federal high court sitting in Aoy
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Lagos for money laundering he was
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arrested on March 3rd 2025 at the Matala
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Muhammad International Airport Akeda
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Lagos by operatives of the National Drug
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Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA for non
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declaration of the sum of
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$90,000 $90,000 United States dollars
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and was handed over to the EFCC for
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further investigations
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he was arraigned on April 3rd 2025 on a
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one-count charge bordering on money
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laundering the charge reads that you
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Al-Haji Ahmed Shaw on the 3rd day of
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March 2025 in Lagos within the
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jurisdiction of this honorable court
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failed to make a declaration of the sum
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of
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$90,000 90,000 United States of America
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dollars to the Nigeria Customs Service
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at the Matala Muhammad International
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Airport Lagos and you thereby committed
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an offense contrary to and punishable
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under section 35 of the moneyaundering
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Prohibition and Prevention Act
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2022 he pleaded not guilty to the charge
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when it was read to him at the sitting
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on April 15th 2025 the prosecution
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presented the first prosecution witness
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PW1 Dan Ladi Ibrahim an NDLEA operative
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in the matter however at the resumed
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sitting of May 2nd 2025 defense council
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either the court that the defendant
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wished to change his not guilty plea he
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was therefore rearranged on the same
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charge to enable him take his new plea
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and he pleaded guilty following his new
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plea prosecution council Zed Batiku
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called on Amu Law an operative of the
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EFCC to review the facts of the case led
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in evidence by the prosecution council
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Lul told the court that the defendant
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was arrested with the sum of
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$90,000 which he failed to declare his
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statement was recorded under caution and
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he narrated that he did not declare the
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sum of
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$90,000 90,000 United State dollars he
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said lul identified the defendant's
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statement the handover note from the
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NDLEA the arresting offic's statement as
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well as the sum of
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$90,000
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$90,000 which were all tended in
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evidence justice Deeolu adjourned the
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matter till May 6th 2025 for delivery of
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judgment court jails man for non-
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declaration of £8,020
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£74 in Lagos airport justice Yelam
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Bogaro of the federal high court sitting
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in Aoy Lagos on Friday May 2nd 2025
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convicted and sentenced one Agadosi
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Christopher Oaku to 6 months
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imprisonment for non-declaration of
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foreign currencies at Lagos airport oak
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Chuku was arrested in December 2024 at
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Matala Muhammad International Airport
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Aeda Lagos by operatives of the Nigerian
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Customs Service NCS for non- declaration
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of the sums of
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$8,020 $8,020 British pounds and
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$74
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$74 and handed over to the Lagos zonal
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director to the Economic and Financial
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Crimes Commission EFCC Oko Okoy
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Lagos for further
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investigations he was arraigned on
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Tuesday April 15th 2025 on a two-count
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charge bordering on money laundering one
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of the charges reads that you Agodosi
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Christopher Oaku on the 10th day of
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December 2024 in Lagos within the
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jurisdiction of this honorable court
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failed to make a declaration of the sum
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of
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£8,020
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£8,020 sterling to the Nigerian Customs
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Service at the Matala Muhammad
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International Airport Aeda and thereby
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committed an offense contrary to and
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punishable under section 35 of the
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moneyaundering prevent Prevention and
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prohibition act
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2022 he pleaded guilty to the charges
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following which prosecution council CC
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okesi called on Abu Bakar Magaji an EFCC
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operative to review the facts of the
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case magaji informed the court that
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Ochuku had a total sum of
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£15,020
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£15,020 British and
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£74 and that while he declared
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£7,000 £7,000 British he kept back
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£8,020
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£8,020 sterling and
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£74 claiming that he lost his brother
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and was going to use the undeclared sums
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to fly his corks back to the country at
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Friday sitting Justice Bogaro convicted
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and sentenced him to 6 months
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imprisonment on both counts or to pay
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200,000 naira 200,000 naira on each in
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addition he forfeited the sums of
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£8,020 and $74 to the federal government
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