The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has
uncovered the sum of N448, 850, 000 (Four hundred and forty eight million,
eight hundred and fifty thousand naira), in a shop at the LEGICO Shopping
Plaza, in Victoria Island, Lagos.
A statement by the EFCC on Friday evening said “operatives of
the Commission, acting on a tip-off by a concerned whistle-blower, swooped on
the shopping complex and sought the identity of the owners of two shops, LS 64
and LS 67, which were under lock and key.
The shops had signages of a Bureau de Change. Inquiries about
the owner of shop 64 indicated that he had not been seen for a long time, as
neighbours claimed the shop had not been opened for business for close to two
years.
Several calls were put to the owner of shop 67, but there was no
response.
The attention of the plaza’s chairman and some traders were
drawn in order to force the shops open.
There was no money found in shop 67, but in shop 64, heaps of
Ghana-Must-Go bags were found loaded on the floor of the shop. When the bags
were unzipped they were found to contain bundles of naira notes totalling N448,
850, 000.
Traders interviewed at the premises claimed they were not aware
that such money was housed inside the shop, as the place hardly opens for
business.’’
The statement said the money was stashed in several
Ghana-Must-Go bags, in N500 and N1000 denominations, hidden in the shop,
awaiting conversion into foreign currency.
It added that the commission was investigating the matter in
order to unravel the ownership and source of the funds.
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