Nigerian Supreme Court’s jail

After his arrest, Emeka was handed over to the Lagos Zonal directorate 1 of the Commission for Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) for further investigation and prosecution. Justice aowoeye of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos state, convicted a man, Igboezue Emeka, and sentenced to one month imprisonment for money laundering. Emeka was arrested on February 12, 2025, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, by operatives from the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) because he did not declare $ 40,000. After his arrest, Emeka was handed over to the Lagos Zonal directorate 1 of the Commission for Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) for further investigation and prosecution. As a result, Emeka has been charged with a one-score bordering money laundering and convicted. Justice Owoeye sentenced him to one month imprisonment. In a statement from the main media and publicity of EFCC, parts of Oyewale, after the one score bordering on money laundering, he pleaded guilty to the accused. According to the statement, the charge reads: “That you, Igboezue Emeka, on or about the 12th day of February 2025, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, within the Lagos -justice division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, could not make a statement of the Nigerian service of $ 40,000.00 (a thousand thousand US dollar) 3 (3) of the Wash Washing Act, No. 14 of 2022 and punishable under section 3 (5) of the same law. Olayemi told the court about the events that led to the defendant’s investigation, saying: “On February 12, 2025, we received an intelligence report from the Nigerian Customs service that it intercepted the defendant with the financial exhibition of the amount of $ 40,000.” After that, I presented one of my team while supervising, Lanre Michael, to go and choose the individual Murtala Mohammed Airport, “he said. The defendant was in possession of two phones with which he mentioned his attorney and family members. “In the presence of his family members, he voluntarily traveled his statement under words of warning, where he admitted to traveling via Qatar Air to Seoul, the capital of South Korea.” He also said he was tackled by customs officials, where he was asked if he had any currency to declare, which he said “no”. In his further testimony, Olaremi told the court that “the statement justifies me to invite the staff of the Nigerian Customs Service, Ogar Sadin John.” John said in his statement that he, when he tackled Igboezue, claimed he had no money. He said he was skeptical. ” He added that the financial exhibition was registered with the exhibition holder, while the suspect was served with an administrative bail. 2025.

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