Two Nigerian men, Ojukwu Nnamdi Roland and Ngene Linus Chibuike, were sentenced to
two years imprisonment respectively by Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High
Court, Lagos over attempt to smuggle over N6 billion out of Nigeria.
The judge ruled that
the two years’ imprisonment should take effect from 9 February, 2016. Roland and Chibuike were arrested at
the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while attempting to smuggled
$5, 424,270 USD out of the country.
Rowland was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC on October 22, 2015, for being in possession of cash in
the sum of US$2,917,272 during his outbound clearance for a journey to Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia.
Confirming the conviction of the two men, EFCC spokesman,
Wilson Uwujaren said: “Contrary to the requirements of the law, Rowland did not
declare the money to men and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service and was
subsequently arrested and arraigned before Justice Buba.”
Rowland pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge preferred
against him and the matter went into full trial. Justice Buba found him guilty
and sentenced him to two years imprisonment.
He also ordered that the convict should forfeit the entire
sum of $2,917,272 USD to the Federal government.
Justice Buba said that the convict did not do the right
thing by failing to declare the money to Customs officials.
Chibuike, on the other hand, was arraigned on
October 22, 2015 for falsely declaring the sum of US$11,500 out of the
sum of $2,506,998 USD he had in his possession during an outbound clearance for
a journey to China en-route Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Chibuike pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge raised
against him and the matter went into full trial. Justice Buba found him guilty
and sentenced him to two years imprisonment.
He also ordered that the convict should forfeit the sum of
$2,495, 498 not declared to the Customs Officials to the Federal government
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