Sunday was apprehended upon his arrival from Johannesburg, South Africa, on March 19, 2025. He had initially declared $279,000 at the Currency Declaration Desk, but a subsequent search uncovered an additional $299,000 hidden in various packages, bringing the total to $578,000. Authorities also discovered €100 and a counterfeit $250 among his belongings.
The EFCC's Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 officially took over the case on March 21, 2025, after the NCS Area Comptroller at the airport handed over the suspect. An NCS official, Harrison, emphasized that the act violated the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011, which requires inbound and outbound passengers to properly declare any currency exceeding $10,000.
While receiving the suspect, the acting Zonal Director of EFCC Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Ahmed Ghali, commended the NCS for its collaboration.
Ahmed Ghali, stated that inter-agency collaboration was vital to meeting that standards of a common goal, adding that “We are here today to take over one
passenger coming from South Africa for falsely declaring the cash he was
carrying along. I want members of the public to be weary of this kind of act .
It is incumbent on each and every person going out or coming into the country
to declare any cash in excess of $10,000. It is mandatory by virtue of the
provisions of our laws, especially the money laundering law”
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