The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is investigating an
alleged money laundering case involving a lady Nosisi Pam Ngqula, 39,
from South Africa
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is
investigating an alleged money laundering case involving a lady Nosisi
Pam Ngqula, 39, from South Africa.
She was
intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos
with three hundred and seventy-three thousand, seven hundred and
twenty-five ($373,725) US dollars and two thousand, one hundred and
twenty (€2,120) Euros concealed inside packs of oats. The money was
detected during an inward screening of passengers on a South African
airline flight from Johannesburg.
NDLEA commander at the Lagos Airport, Mr. Hamza Umar said that it is a suspected case of money laundering.
He stated:
“A
South African lady by name Nosisi Pam Ngqula is being interrogated in
connection with a suspected case of money laundering. The mode of
concealment presents reasonable grounds for money laundering. Five packs
of oats were found to contain $373,725 and €2,120. Two Nigerians,
Damian Akamelus and Prophet Cyprian Chigere are also being interrogated
in connection with the seized money”
NDLEA
Director of Assets and Financial Investigation, Mrs. Victoria Egbase
said that refusal to declare the money and the manner of concealment
were criminal and that the case is being investigated to establish
possible link with drug trafficking.
The main
suspect, who works in a cosmetic shop said that the bag containing the
money was given to her by a Nigerian in South Africa. In her statement,
“I live in Johannesburg, South Africa. I was given a bag by a Nigerian
to deliver to one Damian Akamelu. During examination of my bags at the
Lagos airport, the money was found inside packs of oats”.
NDLEA
Chairman/Chief Executive Ahmadu Giade who commended the officers for
detecting the money ordered that the case be investigated to determine
the source of the money. According to Giade, “one of the mandates of the
Agency is to identify, trace, freeze, confiscate or seize proceeds
derived from drug-related offences or property whose value corresponds
to such proceeds. I have therefore directed that the case be
investigated to ascertain the source of the money”.
The
investigation report is expected to be presented to the Chairman for
necessary action. Meanwhile, officials of the South Africa Embassy are
said to be in touch with the suspecthttp://pulse.ng/gist/in-lagos-south-african-woman-interrogated-by-ndlea-for-money-laundering-id3642359.html
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