Further findings by SaharaReporters reveals that customs officials in connivance with some other security agents were involved in the racketeering.
More details have emerged on how top officials of the Nigerian Custom Service have been moving cash through the tarmac and bypassing the departure point.
One suspect, who is the driver of the bus, Chimezie Okonkwo, was arrested in the process and taken into custody with the intercepted cash. He disclosed that officials had on several occasions facilitated and moved more than $2m to $3m three times in week through the departure point. Findings revealed that as a result of this situation, customs officials resorted to moving cash through tamac using crew vehicles or any vehicle related to aircraft activities.“Upon getting to AVIO bridge, the passenger who is the owner of the money will pick the bag up and walk into the aircraft since the passenger had been cleared.”According to findings by SaharaReporters, a disagreement among officials was what led to the discovery of the $8.06m found at Lagos airport recently.
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