Anti-graft arraigns Sierra Leonean for non-declaration of $90,000 at Lagos airport

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Ahmed Shaw, a Sierra Leonean national, before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, for non-declaration of $90,000.

Shaw was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for failing to declare the substantial cash sum.

The NDLEA handed Shaw over to the EFCC for further investigation.

The EFCC subsequently filed a one-count charge against Shaw, accusing him of violating the Money Laundering (Prohibition and Prevention) Act, 2022.

A statement on the anti-graft agency’s X handle on Saturday, 5th of April 2025, partly reads:

“The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Okotie-Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, has arraigned a Sierra Leonean, Alhaji Ahmed Shaw, for non-declaration of the sum of $90,000 (Ninety Thousand United States Dollars) before Justice D.I.Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.

“The defendant was arrested on March 3, 2025 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for non-declaration of the sum of $90,000( Ninety Thousand United States of America Dollars).

“Upon his arrest, the Agency had, on Friday, March 5, 2025, handed him over to the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the EFCC, Okotie Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos for further investigations.

“Consequently, he was arraigned on Thursday, April 3, 2025 on a one-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering.” [CONTINUE READING HERE]>>>>>