Nigeria, April 5 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a Sierra Leonean national, Ahmed Shaw, before the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, for failing to declare $90,000 in cash at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.

In a statement on Friday, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale said Mr Shaw was arraigned on Thursday before a trial judge, Deinde Dipeolu, on one charge of money laundering.

"The defendant was arrested on 3 March at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for non-declaration of the sum of $90,000," the EFCC stated.

He was subsequently handed over to the EFCC's Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 on 5 March, for fur...