13 April 2017

EFCC uncovers $43.4m kept in Lagos flat


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday revealed yet another reserve of outside monetary forms and Naira notes in Lagos.
Toward the finish of tallying, the aggregates remained at 43.4 million dollars, £27,800 and N23.2 million, the commission said in an announcement on its Facebook page.
This time, the monies were found in a four-room condo on the seventh floor of a private working at Osborne Towers situated at 16, Osborne Road, Ikoyi.
The commission said the disclosure took after an operation activated by an informant's ready gotten by its Lagos office on Wednesday morning.
The source was said to have seen the suspicious development of packs all through a specific loft in the building.

As indicated by the source, the movers of the sacks made it appear as though they were acquiring garments.
The commission cited another source, who is familiar with the flat, as saying that a lady generally showed up on various events with 'Ghana Must Go' sacks.
"She comes looking fatigued, with messy garments yet her skin didn't exactly coordinate her outward appearance, maybe a camouflage", the source stated, as per the EFCC.
"On getting to the building, agents met the passageway entryway bolted.
"The watchmen at the door told the agents that no one lives in the flat, yet a few people come in and out every so often.
"In consistence with the authoritative request contained in the court order, the EFCC utilized least drive to get access into the loft," it said.
As indicated by the commission, monies were found in two of the four rooms in the flat.
A further pursuit by agents into the closet in one of the rooms uncovered that it was warehousing three flame resistant cupboards holed up behind its wooden boards.
An appraisal of the substance of the cupboards uncovered conveniently orchestrated US Dollars, Pound Sterlings and some Naira notes in fixed wrappers.
Preparatory discoveries, the EFCC stated, demonstrated that the assets were continues of unlawful movement.

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