EFCC Discovers Huge Sum of Money in a Shop in Lagos

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) Discovers About N.5bn Hidden in a
Plaza Shop

The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Lagos zone, this evening
uncovered yet another large sum of
suspected laundered money to the tune of
N448,850,000 (Four hundred and forty eight
million, eight hundred and fifty thousand
naira) only in a shop at LEGICO Shopping
Plaza, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island,
Lagos. The money stashed in several Ghana
Must Go bags were in N500 and N1000
denominations, hidden in a shop awaiting
conversion into foreign currency.

Relying on information provided by a
concerned whistle blower, operatives of the
Commision swooped on the shopping
complex and sought the identity of the
owners of two shops, LS 64 and LS 67 which
were under locks and keys. The shops had
signages of Bureau de Change. Inquries
about the owner of shop 64 indicated he had
not been seen for a long time, as they
claimed the shop had not been opened for
businesss 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 such money was
housed in there, as the place hardly opens
for business.

The Commission is investigating the matter
in order to unravel the owner and source of
the money.

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