Blaise
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High
Court, Lagos on Wednesday convicted one Kutumisana Mbuta Blaise, from
the Democratic Republic of Congo, for money laundering.
Blaise was
arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on one
court charge of money laundering sequel to his arrest at the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, Lagos for being in possession of Five
Hundred and Eleven Thousand, Two Hundred and Twenty Five United States
Dollars ($511,225.00), cash which he failed to declare to the officers
and men of the Nigerian Customs Service as required by the provisions of
Section 2(3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as
amended by Act No. 1 of 2012).
He had pleaded not guilty upon arraignment but after diligent prosecution by the EFCC, Justice Buba found him guilty as charged.
“The court is satisfied that the
prosecution proved his case beyond reasonable doubt and thereby finds
you Kutumisana Mbuta Blaise guilty of the allegation contained in the
one count charge before the court and hereby convict you of the offence
of failure to declare the sum of Five Hundred and Eleven Thousand, Two
Hundred and Twenty Five United States of America Dollars in
contravention to section 2(3) Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2011 (as
amended by Act No. 1 of 2012) and punishable under section 2(5) of the
Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended by Act No. 1 of
2012).”
The convict is to forfeit the entire sum to the Federal Government of
Nigeria in line with provisions of the Money Laundering Act..
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