NDLEA officials
NDLEA Intercepts
NDLEA officials
NDLEA Intercepts Foreign Currency Smugglers
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport Special Area Command has intercepted two
currency smugglers at the Airport in Abuja.
The suspects, Obasi Derek Chidi who hails from Enugu State and
Nebo Obunmneme Lloyd from Abia State were apprehended as they
arrived the airport aboard an Ethiopian Airline Flight 911,
connecting from Tel Aviv, Israel. They were arrested with various
sums of hard currencies neatly concealed in their travelling bags
which they failed to declare at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel or
upon arrival at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Upon intensive search by officers and men of NDLEA, Lloyd was
found with the sum of Three Hundred and Seventy One Thousand Two
Hundred and Three Dollars ($371, 203), Twenty Thousand Euro (20,
000 Euro) and 20 Shekels while Chidi was found with Three Hundred
and Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($318, 000).
According to Alhaji Hamisu Lawan, Commander, NDLEA NAIA,
preliminary investigation indicated that the money was to be
delivered to a recipient in Abuja who they claimed was expected to
disburse same to supposed beneficiaries. “So far, the couriers
could not give account of the source and purpose of the money”, he
maintained, adding that the money was neither declared before
take-off in Israel nor upon their arrival in Nigeria. He said the
challenging security situation in the country called for vigilance
in all areas.
He said the suspects and monetary exhibits have been transferred
to the appropriate government agency for further investigation.
Jonah Achema, ACN
Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs