The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Okorie Sylvernus Sunday in Lagos over alleged money laundering involving $578,000 (Five Hundred and Seventy-Eight Thousand United States Dollars).
According to a statement on its official X page, he was arraigned before Justice Deinde I. Dipeolu on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
They disclosed that Sunday was arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
“The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Okotie Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, arraigned a suspect, Okorie Sylvernus Sunday arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, with $578,000( Five Hundred and Seventy Eight Thousand United States of America Dollars),” they stated.
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