Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, sitting as vacation judge in Lagos, on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a businessman, Duru Ikechukwu Damian, to three months’ imprisonment for failing to declare the sum of $49,000 to the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
The conviction followed Damian’s guilty plea to a one-count charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
EFCC counsel, Deborah Adamu-Eteh, led the Commission’s investigating officer, Muhammad Adamu Timta, to..Continue..Reading..