Okechukwu was arrested in December 2024 by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service during a routine check and was subsequently handed over to the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation.
A traveller identified as Agudosi Christopher Okechukwu has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, for failing to declare foreign currency totalling £8,020 and $704 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.
Okechukwu was arrested in December 2024 by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service during a routine check and was subsequently handed over to the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation.
He was arraigned on Friday, May 2, 2025, before Justice Yellim Bogoro on a two-count charge bordering on money laundering.
One of the charges stated that he failed to declare the sum of £8,020 to the Nigerian Customs Service, an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 3(5) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.
Upon arraignment, Okechukwu pleaded guilty.
The EFCC’s prosecution counsel, C.C. Okezie, presented EFCC operative Abubakar Magaji to review the facts.
Magaji revealed that the convict had a total of £15,020 and $704 in his possession but declared only £7,000, concealing the remaining £8,020 and $704.
He claimed the undeclared funds were intended for repatriating his late brother’s corpse.
Justice Bogoro convicted and sentenced him to six months imprisonment on both counts, with an option of a N200,000 fine on each count.
However, the undeclared funds were ordered forfeited to the federal government.
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