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Abubakar Tijani Sheriff who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for attempting to travel to Dubai with the sum of $7 million Dollars (About one billion Naira).
He was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International airport,Lagos.
Authorities said that the money was proceeds from illegal deals and he suspect a money laundering courier.
Information gathered by Naijahottestgist indicates that Abudullahi is a regular traveller. He allegedly confessed that he is working for some prominent Nigerians who needs the money out of the country. Every year over one billion dollars are taken out of the country by suspects involved in corrupt practices.
The spokesperson for the EFCC Wilson Uwujaren stated in press statement that “The EFCC, on Thursday, September 27, 2012 arrested a bulk currency smuggler, one Abubakar Tijani Sheriff, for attempting to smuggle $7 million out of the country.
“The 24-year-old was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos en route Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He was apprehended at the point of boarding the plane by operatives of the commission.
“When he was arrested, he declared that he had a total sum of $4.5million on him but thorough screen-ing and search showed that he was actually carrying $7,049,444 (Seven million, Forty Nine Thousand, Four Hundred and Forty Four United States Dollars).
Information coming from Efcc indicates that Sen Amosun might be in the centre of the Money Laundering scandal as Abudullahi was said to have spend the last 48hours before he caught in Abeokuta and part of his iternary was sleeping in Govt house Guesthouse and he is said to have mentioned Sen Amosun as the source of the cash,Efforts to reach Sen Amosun media Aides and Efcc officials was unsuccessfull as we shall keep Tracking on this story
This is absolutely lie! They said thesame when I was in government!
U ppls r all thief,amosun bcareful ooo,oruko rere osan ju wura ati fadaka lo.
Dis is not story,there er many ways which governors can use to do runs without sending money abroad,nobody is clean in naija,efcc,er they clean,so forget dis and let’s discuss how naira will β 100 to a dollar.
I can’t believe this story about our Gov. Amosun who has behaved like a saint since he took office at the Gateway State. I pray it is not true. EFCC should not do a shoddy job with this incident like they did when they accused OGD of stealing N58Billion and later claimed it was only N200million. We are awaiting thorough investigation. Ogun State is presently dead economically because all the Local government allocation is now being spent at the pleasure of Amosun. Only the Chinece Companies are not complaining as they cornered all major contracts in Ogun State and remitts the proceeds to China to develop their country.