The sum was found on a worker with one of the cleaning contractors at the airport, Mr. Tijani Owolabi.
The Deputy General Manager of Corporate Affairs FAAN, Mr. Onyekwere Nnaekpe, in a statement revealed that an attempt to launder the sum of $271,135, approximately N53million, has been foiled.
According to Punch Newspapers, the said amount was found on an airport cleaner, Mr. Tijani Owolabi.
An excerpt of the statement obtained from FAAN reads:
“Aviation security personnel of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria today September 3, 2015 prevented the trafficking of a total sum of 271,135 American dollars through the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja."
Adding that, “The sum was found on a worker with one of the cleaning contractors at the airport, Mr. Tijani Owolabi, during a pat down at one of the screening points at ‘D’ Finger of the international terminal."
“The airport cleaner who was suspected to be conveying the foreign currency to an accomplice at the sterile area of the terminal, was immediately apprehended by aviation security staff on duty and handed over to the appropriate security agencies at the airport for further investigation,” the statement said.
You will recall that a Nigerian was also caught with N1billion cash in Niger.