{"id":1500,"date":"2025-10-12T17:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T17:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2025-10-12T17:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T17:15:31","slug":"efcc-probes-two-suspects-over-undeclared-foreign-currency-at-lagos-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1500","title":{"rendered":"EFCC probes two suspects over undeclared foreign currency at Lagos Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Operatives of the\u00a0Economic and Financial Crimes Commission\u00a0(EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, are investigating two travellers, Mamud Nasidi and Yahaya Nasidi, over alleged failure to declare foreign currencies in their possession at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects were apprehended on Saturday, October 11, 2025, by operatives of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) during a routine check. According to preliminary findings, the duo were found with undeclared sums of $6,180 and \u00a353,415.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rema - Baby (Is it a Crime) [Official Video]\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MsZhYgo9MoA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The EFCC disclosed that the suspects had just arrived from Dubai via Addis Ababa and were scheduled to board a connecting flight to Abuja when they were intercepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also recovered from the suspects were three mobile phones, which have been taken into custody as exhibits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects and the recovered items were received by CSE Margaret Lamai on behalf of the acting Zonal Director of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Assistant Commander of the EFCC (ACE I) Ahmed Ghali. <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationonlineng.net\/efcc-probes-two-suspects-over-undeclared-foreign-currency-at-lagos-airport\/#google_vignette\">(Nation)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the\u00a0Economic and Financial Crimes Commission\u00a0(EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, are investigating two travellers, Mamud Nasidi and Yahaya Nasidi, over alleged failure to declare foreign currencies in their possession at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. 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