A Federal High Court
sitting in Lagos on Monday, November 25, 2013 convicted Augustine Onwe for
failing to declare Seven Million, Eight Hundred and Fifteen Thousand CFA(
7,815,000 CFA) to men of Nigeria Customs Service at Seme border post. Justice
Ibrahim Buba convicted the accused and ordered that the entire sum of Seven
Million, Eight Hundred and Fifteen Thousand CFA (7,815,000 CFA) be forfeited to
the Federal Republic of Nigeria
The accused was arrested
on July 17, 2013 at Seme border while trying to cross from Nigeria
to Benin Republic after he failed to declare Seven Million, Eight Hundred
and Fifteen Thousand CFA (7,815,000 CFA) to Customs. He was transferred to the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, for further investigation and prosecution.
Upon his arraignment on Monday,
he pleaded guilty to the two count charge preferred against him. The charges
bordered on money laundering and failure to declare the money he was carrying
to the Nigeria Customs Service.
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