Nigerians have been known as people who can do practically anything to get away from being prosecuted and Onwuasonya Augustine proved that notion right. He was charged to court on Tuesday by the EFCC for allegedly swallowing $115,000 to avoid declaring it to officials of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. He was arraigned along with five other alleged accomplices, Christian Okoli, Kingsley Nwokenta, aka Buchito, Nwokenta Emmanuel, Ezenwa Ikenna and Ezenwa Uzoma for the offence of money launderin.

The six were charged with four counts before Justice C.J. Aneke of a Federal High Court in Lagos. The agency alleged that Onwuasonya and the 5 others committed the offence on August 25, 2015, and were apprehended at Room 303 of a five-star hotel in Lagos. The sixth accused, Uzoma, was singularly charged with the offence of obstructing an NDLEA official, Bello Tsanya, in the discharge of his duty.

However, when the charges were read to the six accused in court, they all pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor said:

“In view of the plea of the accused, I respectfully pray the honourable court for a trial date to enable us bring our witnesses. However, I will also be praying that the accused persons be remanded in prison pending trial.”

But the counsel for the 1st to 5th accused, Mr. Victor Opara, told the court that he had filed bail applications on their behalf stating that the 2nd defendant had health challenges, which were being treated while he was in the custody of the EFCC.

http://www.exlinklodge.com/2015/12/efcc-accuses-man-of-swallowing-115000.html#sthash.jEZNmF00.dpuf

very bad

9ja people get mind o.

Everybody just want short cut to everything in life..

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Lies...... The highest denomination of a dollar currency is $100 and the man was acclaimed to have swallowed $115,000, that makes 1,150 currency notes(if the currency were in $100 notes); how on earth is it possible to swallow 1,150 notes. OP, check your link wella, I'm sure something is wrong somewhere, either the EFCC are daydreaming or the link is lying.

How many people will post this same topic

Dis tin dikwa very risky ooo....yeeeeeeee

The Court may quickly order the person to be operated upon to discharge the forex: but if EFCC is found to be making cock and bulls allegations, EFCC should be made to pay for all assessed risks to the person s life.

in cash or worth of coke


dat ought to be a record breaking swallow mehn

End tym tinz

ok

$115,000

how?

Its not impossible d dude swallowed d money out of sheer ignorance. There's no law saying u can't travel with such amount as long as u can substantiate that the money is legally earned and u v genuine deal to seal. BTW even if u v to launder money, ain't there a smarter way?

Jesus!!!

I don't believe it

Crime is an entirely different world all by itself.

You hear things and you even struggle to understand them, let alone someone perpetuating them.

I don't even get it! Swallow dollars? When all you've got is just one life? That can end with an infection from those notes?

Mehn

The End is near

chai

Biafra Republic!

I know na dem

Onwuasonya Augustine, Christian Okoli, Kingsley Nwokenta, aka Buchito, Nwokenta Emmanuel, Ezenwa Ikenna and Ezenwa Uzoma

Awon omo ibo jati jati

buhari looo ma baa ti yi je

Pishure or idonbelive

What men do for money,

Lmao.. i know tribal bigots would be here

GMan650:
Lies...... The highest denomination of a dollar currency is $100 and the man was acclaimed to have swallowed $115,00, that makes 1,150 currency notes(if the currency were in $100 notes); how on earth is it possible to swallow 1,150 notes. OP, check your link wella, I'm sure something is wrong somewhere, either the EFCC are daydreaming or the link is lying.

I wonder

Smh. Nigerians can do anything for money. How can u swallow such amount?

How on earth is that possible? $115,000?

not possible if u doubt just try swallowing paper

sipping my novalyn and coke jeje #non.of.my.businezs

Oh boy...no be small tin....d hustle is real...!!!

Lmaoo
Which kind Lie be this na.