Friday, 19 October 2012

The trial of the Man Arrested with $7 Million Dollars at Lagos Airport

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 today.


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.

 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.

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