NDLEA Arrests Woman With $114,245,And Other Currencies at MMIA

                                   
                           

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officials have arrested a 52-year-old Nigerian woman of British extraction for alleged currency trafficking.
The suspect a British Nigerian was arrested while trying to board a Virgin Atlantic Flight to London at the Murtala Mohammed airport Lagos.
The NDLEA found $114,245 and 2,020 pounds cash inside 13 white envelopes.
Mrs Olukoya had both British and Nigerian passport with her


The NDLEA director of asset and Financial Investigation Mrs Victoria Egbese said she was arrested for alleged currency trafficking.

“The suspect was found with $114,245 and €2,020 that were not declared in accordance with the law at the airport,” Egbase said

But The suspect Mrs sarah Olukoya said she earned the Money legitimately

She said: “I am an architect based in London. The money is part of rent paid to me by tenants in a property I inherited. It is also part of architectural and interior decoration work I did as well as loans from family members. I used to send money through the bank but the new regulation made me to carry cash. I intend to use the money to pay my children’s school fees and my medical bills”.

But she did not provide evidence of support her claim.
The Agency did not link the money to Narcotics, her offence was refusal to declare the money.