Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has discovered over N400 million in an abandoned Bureau De Change in Lagos.

Less than a month after officials of
EFCC intercepted a huge sum of money
at the Kaduna International Airport, the
anti-graft agency has made yet another
shocking discovery.
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Lagos zone, this evening
uncovered yet another large sum of
suspected laundered money to the tune
of N448, 850,000 (Four hundred and
forty eight million, eight hundred and
fifty thousand naira) only in a shop at
LEGICO Shopping Plaza, Ahmadu Bello
Way, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Traders interviewed at the premises claimed
they were not aware such money was housed in
there, as the place hardly opens for business.
The money stashed in several Ghana
Must Go bags were in N500 and N1000
denominations, hidden in a shop
awaiting conversion into foreign
currency.
Relying on information provided by a
concerned whistle blower, operatives of
the Commision swooped on the
shopping complex and sought the
identity of the owners of two shops, LS
64 and LS 67 which were under locks
and keys.
The anti-graft agency has launched an
investigation to unravel the identity of the
owner of the money.

The shops had signage of Bureau de
Change. Inquiries about the owner of
shop 64 indicated he had not been seen
for a long time, as they claimed the shop
had not been opened for businesses for
close to two years. Several calls were put
to the owner of shop 67 but there was
no response.
It was discovered that the attention of
the plaza's chairman and some traders
were drawn in order to force the shops
open.
There was no money found in shop 67,
but in shop 64 heaps of Ghana Must Go
bags were found loaded on the floor of
the shop. When the bags were unzipped
they were found to contain bundles of
naira notes totalling N448,850,000.
Traders interviewed at the premises
claimed they were not aware such
money was housed in there, as the place
hardly opens for business.
The Commission is investigating the
matter in order to unravel the owner
and source of the money.