The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has
commenced investigation into the complicity of some staff of the Federal
Airport Authority of Nigeria, following the arrest of one of its officials,
Akinyele Adetule, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for
being in possession of $1.4m (about N218m).
The suspect, who was arrested by the EFCC on
Saturday, October 21, 2012, would be arraigned on Wednesday (today)
before Justice Okechukwu Okeke of a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The arrest came on the heels of that of Abubakar
Sheriff Tijjani, a bulk cash smuggler intercepted with $7,049.444 at the same
MMIA on September 27 , 2012
The Head of Operations in EFCC, Mr. Iliyasu
Kwarbai, said the suspect passed all security checks because he was wearing his
FAAN Identity Card, but instead of boarding his flight, proceeded to make phone
calls.
He said, “The suspect is a FAAN security guard.
He wore his tag and was thus able to move freely in the airport without drawing
any suspicion. He was carrying a bag and it went through the scanner. The
suspect passed through the NDLEA and Customs and went to the waiting area; but
he started making phone calls instead of proceeding to board his flight.’’
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