A 41-year-old man identified as Ifeanacho Marcellinus Ugbor has been arrested by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos for allegedly being in possession of fake $10,000.
The suspect was arrested while trying to board an Ethiopian Airline (flight ET900) to Brazil on Friday November 10, 2023. As at the time of his arrest, the suspect was with a valid Nigerian passport.
While parading the suspect before newsmen, the Customs Area Controller, MMIA Command, Ikeja, Comptroller Charles Orbihi, said aside from being fake, the action of the suspect violates section 15 of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (As Amended) Act No 11, 2011 and Act No1, 2012,
The Controller said the passenger contravened a part of the section within, which according to him is with the jurisdiction of the Service.
