EFCC Uncovers Another Cash Haul

A tip from a whistleblower on Monday led operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to intercept huge sums of money in various currencies at the popular Balogun market in Lagos.

According to a statement by the commission’s spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwajaren, the monies included €547,730 and £21,090 as well as N5,648,500.

“The total haul was about N250million at the prevailing exchange rate at the parallel market,” he said.
The interception followed information that about N250 million cash was being moved somewhere in the market for conversion into foreign currencies by unnamed persons, he added.

“Operatives responded timely, met the money in the bureau de change office, but a large chunk of it had been converted into Euro and Pounds Sterling.

“The BDC operators found in possession of the monies claimed they were acting on behalf of their boss who sent the money to them from one of the Northern states in Nigeria.

“Two persons apprehended in the course of the raid are helping the commission in its investigation,” EFCC added.