Nigeria: EFCC Arrests Two Passengers With U.S.$238,858 At Abuja Airport

9 November 2012

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arrested two suspects over an attempt to smuggle more than $238,858 out of the country through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja .

A statement by the spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, stated that one of the suspects, Abdulrasheed Ibrahim, was nabbed on November 7 as he prepared to board a Dubai-bound Ethiopian Airline.

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