Security prevented a cleaner from trafficking $271.14 m

The security officials of the Federal
Airports Authority of Nigeria on Thursday
prevented a suspect (names withheld)
from trafficking $271.14 million (N54.35
billion) through the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State.
The FAAN Deputy General Manager,
Corporate Affairs, Onyekwere Nnaekpe,
made the disclosure in a statement issued
in Lagos.
The statement said the money was found
on a cleaner (names withheld) attached to
one of the cleaning contractors at the
airport.
It said the FAAN official apprehended the
suspect during a pat down at one of the
screening points at ‘D’ Finger of the
international terminal.
According to it, some of the foreign
currency was found on the suspect, while
the remaining amount was found in the
sanitary bucket, which he was trying to
pass through screening.
The statement said the cleaner was trying
to convey the foreign currency to an
accomplice at the sterile area of the
terminal.
It said the suspect was immediately
handed over to the appropriate security
agencies at the airport for further
investigation.