The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) said they’ve found out the owner of the $2.1million (N413million) seized at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos yesterday.
Apparently, the cash belonged to a former executive secretary of a federal parastatal who has refused to show up for questioning.
EFCC said it might be forced to declare the man wanted while they keep trying to track the man.
A top source in the agency said: “The EFCC has finalised a plan to declare the former parastatal’s chief wanted over a $2.1million money laundering case.
“The anti-graft agency has been on his trail for weeks, since a certain Ibiteye John Bamidele named him as the owner of a $2,198,900 haul, recovered from him by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
“Ibiteye was arrested on July 3, 2015 at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos by the NDLEA and handed over to the EFCC on July 8, for further investigation.
“The suspect, upon interrogation, named as the owner of the money, but all efforts to locate him both in Lagos and his known address in Abuja proved futile.”
It all happened when on July 3rd, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a bureau de change operator, Mr. Ibiteye John Bamidele, at MMA Terminal 2 (MMA2) Lagos with the cash suspected to be laundered.
The NDLEA handed over the suspect to the EFCC on July 8, following his confession that he was on a money laundering errand for the ex-official.
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