EFCC
Press Release
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos today
convicted one Kutumisana Mbuta Blaise,
from the Democratic Republic of Congo, for money laundering.
Blaise was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on one court charge of money laundering sequel to his arrest
at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos for being in
possession of Five Hundred and Eleven Thousand, Two Hundred and Twenty
Five United States Dollars ($511,225.00), cash which he failed to declare to
the officers and men of the Nigerian Customs Service as required by the
provisions of Section 2(3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as
amended by Act No. 1 of 2012).
He had pleaded not guilty upon arraignment but after
diligent prosecution by the EFCC, Justice Buba found him guilty as charged.
"The court is satisfied that the prosecution proved his case beyond
reasonable doubt and thereby finds you Kutumisana Mbuta Blaise guilty of the
allegation contained in the one count charge before the court and hereby
convict you of the offence of failure to declare the sum of Five Hundred and
Eleven Thousand, Two Hundred and Twenty Five United States of America Dollars
in contravention to section 2(3) Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2011 (as
amended by Act No. 1 of 2012) and punishable under section 2(5) of the Money
Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended by Act No. 1 of 2012).”
The convict is to
forfeit the entire sum to the Federal Government of Nigeria in line with
provisions of the Money Laundering Act..
Wilson Uwujaren
Head,
Media & Publicity
8th
July, 2015
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