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Speaker 1: Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has sentenced a

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woman to one year imprisonment with no option of fine,

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for being caught and arraigned by the Economic and Financial

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Crimes Commission EFCC for selling or hawking Nigeria legal tender

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Nira currency. The woman, according to the court ruling, had

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been convicted before by another court for Nira abuse. This

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as another Federal High Court, also in Lagos State, convicted

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a man and ordered the man to forfeit to the

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Federal government more than eight thousand pounds he failed to

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declare or submit before the Nigerian Customs Service at the

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International Airport in Lagos and in addition, the court sentenced

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the man to six months imprisonment with option of two

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hundred thousand niras fine. Details of the reports are presented

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verbatim below, as reported and contained in the news release

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made available by the Public Relations Unit of the Economic

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and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. Court Jails ex Con. One

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other for hawking Nira notes in Lagos. Justice Yelenboggero of

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the Federal High Court sitting in a Koi, Lagos, on

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Friday May two, twenty twenty five, convicted and sentenced the

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duo of Fole Cadeote and Madoupe Hadowui to one year

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imprisonment each for hawking nira notes. They were arraigned by

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the Lagos Ternal Directorate one of the Economic and Financial

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Crimes Commission e f C C Awoloo Road, Hakoi, Lagos

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on a separate one count charge bordering on illegal hawking

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of niro notes. The charge against Adeote reads that Yu

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Fole Cadeote, on the twenty first day of March twenty

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twenty five, opposite Regency Hall, joby fele way her Keja

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in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, hawked

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the sum of three million, eight hundred and fifty thousand

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niras three million, eight hundred and fifty thousand naira issued

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by the Central Bank of Nigeria and thereby committed an

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offense contrary to unpunishable under Section twenty one four of

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the Central Bank of Nigeria Act two thousand and seven.

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That of Adaoui reads that you Madupe Adaoui, on the

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twenty first day of March twenty twenty five at Joby

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Flee Street opposite Regency Events Centre, Alacere Keger in Lagos

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within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, engaged in hawking

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the total sum of one million, six hundred thousand nairas,

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one million, six hundred thousand naira of five hundred nayras

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and one thousand nairas denominations issued by the Central Bank

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of Nigeria and thereby committed an offense contrary to Section

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twenty one four and punishable under Section twenty one one

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of the Central Bank of Nigeria Establishment Act two thousand

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and seven. They pleaded guilty to their charges, following which

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Prosecution Council z b Atiku tended the confessional statement as

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well as the money recovered from them in evidence and

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urged the court to convict and sentence them accordingly. The

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Prosecution Council further informed the court that Adeote was an

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ex convict, having been prosecuted before Justice Ibrahem Kala and

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convicted on the same matter of Nira abuse. Justice Boggero

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sentenced Adeote to one year imprisonment without an option of fine.

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In addition, her pos machine as well as the money

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recovered from her were forfeited to the Federal government. Adaoui

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also bagged one year imprisonment or to pay five hundred

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thousand niras five hundred thousand Nira fine. In addition, her

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POS machine and money recovered from her were also forfeited

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to the federal government. Adeote and Adaoui were intercepted on

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March twenty first, twenty twenty five along job flee way

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her Kejer Legos while hawking Nira notes to the tune

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of three million, ex eight hundred and fifty thousand niras

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and one million, six hundred thousand niras respectively alleged money laundering.

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EFCC rearraigns man for non declaration of ninety thousand dollars

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the Lagos Sonal Directorate two of the Economic and Financial

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Crimes Commission EFCC ocotem O, Akoi, Lagos. On Friday May second,

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twenty twenty five, re arraigned one Alhaji rm Ed Shore

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before Justice d Hidipayolu of the Federal High Court sitting

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in Akoi, Lagos for money laundering. He was arrested on

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March third, twenty twenty five at the Mattala Mohammad International Airport,

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a Keja, Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law

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Enforcement Agency ndl EA for non declaration of the sum

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of ninety thousand dollars ninety thousand United States dollars and

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was handed over to the EFCC for further investigations. He

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was arraigned on April third.

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Speaker 2: Twenty twenty five on a one count charge bordering on

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money laundering. The charge reads that you Alhajr ed Shaw,

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on the third day of March twenty twenty five, in Lagos,

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within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, failed to make

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a declaration of the sum of ninety thousand dollars ninety

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thousand United States of America dollars to the Nigeria Customs

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Service at the Mattala Mohammad International Airport Prkeja, Lagos, and

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you thereby committed an offense contrary to unpunishable under Section

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three five of the Money Laundering Prohibition and Prevention Act

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twenty twenty two. He pleaded not guilty to the charge

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when it was read to him at the sitting on

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April fifteenth, twenty twenty five. The prosecution presented the first

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prosecution witness, pw Ie Danlardi Ibrahim and NDLA operative in

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the matter. However, at the resumed sitting of May second,

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twenty twenty five, Defense Council ei Ogandegi informed the court

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that the defendant wished to change his not guilty plea.

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He was therefore rearigned on the same charge to enable

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him take his new plea, and he pleaded guilty. Following

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his new plea, Prosecution Council Zenbietiku called on Aminu Larwell,

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an operative of the EFCC, to review the facts of

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the case led in evidence by the Prosecution Council. Lwell

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told the court that the defendant was arrested with the

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sum of ninety thousand dollars which he failed to declare.

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His statement was recorded under caution and he narrated that

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he did not declare the sum of ninety thousand dollars

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ninety thousand United State dollars, he said. Lowell identified the

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defendant’s statement, the handover note from the NDLA, the arresting

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office’s statement, as well as the sum of ninety thousand

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dollars ninety thousand U S dollars which were all tended

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in evidence. Justice de Payolu adjourned the matter till May sixth,

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twenty twenty five, for delivery of judgment. Court jail’s mann

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for non declaration of eight thousand and twenty pounds seven

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hundred and four dollars in Lagos Airport. Justice Yelembogera of

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the Federal High Court, sitting in a Koi, Lagos, on

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Friday May second, twenty twenty five, convicted and sentenced one

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Agadosi Christopher Ochuku to six months imprisonment for non declaration

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of foreign currencies at Lagos Airport. Ochuku was arrested in

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December twenty twenty four at Matala Mohammad International Airport, Herkeja,

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Lagos by operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service NCS for

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non declaration of the sums of eight thousand and twenty

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pounds eight thousand and twenty British pounds and seven hundred

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and four dollars seven hundred and four dollars and handed

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over to the Lagos Nal Directorate two of the Economic

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and Financial Crimes Commission e f C c Okotmo a Koi,

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Lagos for further investigations. He was arraigned on Tuesday, April fifteenth,

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twenty twenty five on a two count charge bordering on

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money laundering. One of the charges reads that yu Agadosi

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Christopher Ocheku on the tenth day of December twenty twenty four,

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in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, failed

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to make a declaration of the sum of eight thousand

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and twenty pounds eight thousand and twenty pounds sterling to

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the Nigerian Customs Service at the Mattala Mohammad International Airport,

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a Keja, and thereby committed an offense contrary to unpunishable

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under Section three five of the Money Laundering Prevention and

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Prohibition Act twenty twenty two. He pleaded guilty to the charges,

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following which Prosecution Council c C Okhesi called on Abu Bakamagaji,

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an e f C C operative to review the facts

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of the case. Megaji informed the Thought that Oakschuku had

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a total sum of fifteen thousand and twenty pounds fifteen

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thousand and twenty British pounds and seven hundred and four

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dollars seven hundred and four dollars, and that while he

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declared seven thousand pounds seven thousand British pounds, he kept

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back eight thousand and twenty pounds eight thousand and twenty

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pounds sterling and seven hundred and four dollars seven hundred

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and four dollars, claiming that he lost his brother and

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was going to use the undeclared sums to fly his

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corpse back to the country. A Friday, sitting Justice Bogoro

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convicted and sentenced him to six months imprisonment on both

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counts or to pay two hundred thousand narers two hundred

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thousand narer on each. In addition, he forfeited the sums

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of eight thousand and twenty pounds and seven hundred and

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four dollars to the federal government.

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Speaker 1: Lady Quindi Ugni in Amreigitali