EFCC ARRAIGNS AUSTRIAN FOR UNDECLARED $800,585, €651,505 AT LAGOS AIRPORT. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 EFCC Arraigns Austrian For Undeclared $800,585, €651,505 At Lagos Airport The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Okotie Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, January 9, 2026, arraigned one  Kavlak Onal, an Austrian national arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly failing to declare the sums of $800,575 and €651,505 in his possession. He was arraigned before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi , Lagos.  Onal who was scheduled to travel on Emirates Airline to Dubai, was on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 intercepted  during a routine check at the AML/ CFT Currency Declaration Desk at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

I WAS HUNGRY-MAN TELLS COURT WHY HE STOLE TUBERS OF YAM. (PHOTO ).


 I was hungry – Man tells court why he stole tubers of yam


An unemployed man, Cletus Gandu, 40, on Wednesday confessed that he stole two tubers of yam because he was hungry.


The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC charged Gandu with criminal trespass and theft.


Gandu told the Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State that “hunger pushed me to steal yam on two occasions. I beg for leniency.”


The presiding judge, Michael Bawa, reserved sentencing until Aug.6, following the defendant’s guilty plea.


Bawa ordered that he should be remanded.


Earlier, the NSCDC Prosecutor, Mr Marcus Audu told the court that the complainant, Alice Daniel reported the matter at the corp’s office in Kafanchan on July 15.


Audu alleged that the defendant stole the yams from the complainant’s farm in Zonkwa on two occasions.


He said that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 327 and 270 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law.

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