The money was found on Ighoh Augustine and Ezekwe Emmanuel, suspected to be money launderers. The suspects were identified as workers of Bankers Warehouse. The EFCC said they were caught with consignments of two suitcases containing $1.4m each, totalling $2.8m, at the departure lounge of the airport while about to board an Arik Air flight to Lagos. During interrogation, the suspects confessed that they had been in the business of conveying cash for some banks for over six years and were in the process of doing same for another bank located at New Market, Onitsha, Anambra state. The suspects were said to have also confessed that they had so far carried out such assignments four times this year. Tony Orilade, acting spokesman of the commission, said they were arrested based on intelligence report. He added that they would be charged to court soon. Last month, the commission arrested one Abbas Lakis, a Lebanese, with foreign currencies valued at N940m, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Lakis was about leaving the country when he was nabbed.]]>

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