By Ngozi Egenuka
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, remanded a Sierra Leone national, Ahmed Shaw, over alleged non-declaration of $90,000 to the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS).
Justice Deinde Dipeolu remanded Shaw in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) following his arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The one-count charge alleged that the defendant failed to declare the sum during an inward clearance of Sierra Leone-bound travellers.
EFCC’s counsel, Okezie Chineye, told the court that the defendant had committed the offence at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
She added that the offence was contrary to and punishable under Section 3(5) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition and Prevention) Act, 2022.
Shaw pleaded not guilty.
The defence counsel, Victor Chinedu, informed the court that Shaw had only just been served with the charge and was thus unprepared for trial.
Justice Dipeolu adjourned the trial till April 15 and remanded the defendant in the NCS custody.
Source; https://guardian.ng/news/court-remands-sierra-leonean-over-non-declaration-of-90000/