LAGOS COURT JAIL MAN THREE MONTHS FOR NON-DECLARATION OF $30,000 AT AIRPORT.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE

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 Lagos Court Jails Man Three Months for Non-Declaration of $30,000 at Airport Justice Deinde I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, convicted and sentenced Okunfulure Olusola Steve to three Months imprisonment for money laundering. The convict was arrested on March 28, 2025 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for false currency declaration to the tune of $30,0000. The NCS had, on Friday, March 28, 2025, handed him over to the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Okotie Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos for further investigations. Consequently, he was arraigned on Wednesday  on one-count charge bordering on money laundering. The  count reads: ā€œThat you, Okunfulure Olusola Steve, on the 28th day of March, 2025 in Lagos, within the Jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, failed to make a declaration of the sum of $20,000 (T...

COURT CONVICTS FORMER STAFF OF NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL KANO TODAY.{PHOTOS}.

Image may contain: 2 people                   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today secured the conviction of Uma Yusuf,and Ibrahim Ahmed Bebeji,former Chief Cleriical Officers in the Account and Internal Audit Department respectively at the National Orthopaedic Hospital,Dala Kano State.The duo was convicted for conniving to misappropriate the sum of N3,180,853 {Three Million,One Hundred and Eighty Thousand,Eight Hundred and Fifty Three Naira Only} belonging to National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala,Kano State.The convicts perpetrated the fraud through the manipulation of receipt paid by patients.Upon their arraignment on 29th July,2015 they pleaded not guilty and in order to prove the case against the convicts,counsel for the prosecution,Musa Isah called a total of four witnesses and tendered several exhibits.In her judgment today,Justice Aboki held that the prosecution established the ingredients of the offence of Conspiracy in count one and she accordingly convicted them as charged.Aso on counts two and three,the trial judge found the first accused person guilty as charged and convicted him accordingly.The second convict was discharge and acquitted on count two and three.Before passing the sentence,counsel representing the convicts pleaded for mercy.Consequently,the first convict was sentenced to four months imprisonment and a fine of N50,000 {fifty thousand Naira only} on each of count one and three.On count two the first convict was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment and fine of N200,000 {Two Hundred Thousand Naira Only}.The first convict was also ordered to restitute the sum of N639,428 {Six Hundred and Thirty Nine Thousandd,Four Hundred and Twenty Eight Naira} to the National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala.However,the second convict was sentenced to six months Imprisonment and a fine of N100,000 {One Hundred Thousand Naira Only} on count one.All sentences are to run concurrently.More photos below.
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