EFCC Arraigns Sierra Leonean for Alleged $90,000 Money Laundering at Lagos Airport
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, has arraigned a Sierra Leonean national, Alhaji Ahmed Shaw, for allegedly failing to declare the sum of $90,000 (Ninety Thousand United States Dollars) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
Shaw was arrested on March 3, 2025, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Lagos airport for failing to declare the funds as required by law. He was subsequently handed over to the EFCC on March 5, 2025, for further investigation.
Following the investigation, Shaw was arraigned before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, April 3, 2025, on a one-count charge of money laundering.
The charge reads:
"That you, ALHAJI AHMED SHAW, on the 3rd day of March, 2025, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, failed to make a declaration of the sum of $90,000 (Ninety Thousand United States of America Dollars) to the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 3(5) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition and Prevention) Act, 2022."
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
In response, the prosecuting counsel, C.C. Okezie, requested a trial date and urged the court to remand the defendant in a Correctional Centre.
Justice Dipeolu granted the request, remanded Shaw in custody, and adjourned the case to April 15, 2025, for commencement of trial.
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