EFCC Arraigns Man Over Non-Declaration Of £8,020 And $704 At Lagos Airport
THECONSCIENCE NG reports that the Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Agudosi Christopher Okechukwu for allegedly failing to declare the sums of £8,020 (Eight Thousand and Twenty Pounds Sterling) and $704 (Seven Hundred and Four United States Dollars) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The arraignment took place on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, before Justice Yellim Bogoro at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos.
According to the EFCC, Okechukwu was arrested in December 2024 by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for non-declaration of the foreign currencies upon his arrival at the airport. He was subsequently handed over to the EFCC for further investigation.
A statement posted on the EFCC’s official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday, April 16, confirmed the development.
The statement read:
“The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday April 15, 2025, arraigned one Agudosi Christopher Okechukwu for alleged non-declaration of the sums of £8,020 and $704 before Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.”
The defendant was charged on two counts bordering on money laundering. One of the counts reads:
“That you, Agudosi Christopher Okechukwu, on the 10th day of December, 2024, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, failed to declare the sum of £8,020 to the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 3(5) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.”
Okechukwu pleaded guilty to the charges when they were read to him in court.
Following his plea, the prosecution counsel, C.C. Okezie, invited EFCC operative Abubakar Magaji to present the facts of the case. Magaji confirmed that the defendant was arrested with the stated amounts and handed over to the agency’s Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, located at Okotie Eboh Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, for further investigation.
