The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday announced that the commission has launched investigation of two Lebanese for fraud.
The two men – Dina Jihad Khali and Chamseddine Waell Mohmmed, were arrested on Wednesday, 12 August 2020, by officers of the Customs Area Command, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
According to the publication by the anti graft agency, Dina Jihad and Chamseddine Waeli were arrested for attempting to smuggle a total sum of $890,000 ( Eight Hundred and Ninety Thousand United States Dollars) out of Nigeria, through the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa.
The suspects were handed over to the Port Harcourt Zonal office of the EFCC for further investigation.
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It is not clear how the suspects plan to smuggle the money out Nigeria, since the international flights are currently suspended in the country due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Written by
Ifunanya Ikueze
