The police in neighbouring Niger Republic arrested a Nigerian carrying 4.6m Euros (N1.05bn) in cash at the Diori Hamani Airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger, on his way to Dubai. However, the Nigerian authorities have refused to send the seized funds back to Nigerian authorities.
The Nigerian police said they suspected that the man was fleeing with the money in order to avoid being caught by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, who has been prosecuting an anti-corruption campaign since assumption of office on May 29.They also expressed worry that there has been a rise in the number of Nigerians transferring huge sums of money in cash through neighbouring countries. The police in Niger are already working on the suspicion that the money traffickers have accomplices within the country. Interestingly the authorities in Nigeria on Wednesday claimed ignorance of the money seizure in the neighbouring country though the Customs officers in Niger were already kicking against repatriating the cash to Nigeria.
A media report in Niger on Saturday said the National Union of Customs Officers at a press briefing “denounced the request ofthe Nigerian authorities” to return the
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