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federal High Court sitting in Lagos
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State has sentenced a woman to one-year
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imprisonment with no option of fine for
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being caught and arraigned by the
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
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EFCC for selling or hawking Nigeria
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Legal Tender Naira currency The woman
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according to the court ruling had been
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convicted before by another court for
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Naira abuse This as another federal high
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court also in Lagos state convicted a
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man and ordered the man to forfeit to
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the federal government more than £8,000
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He failed to declare or submit before
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the Nigerian customs service at the
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international airport in Lagos And in
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addition the court sentenced the man to
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6 months imprisonment with option of
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200,000 naira fine Details of the
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reports are presented verbatim below as
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reported and contained in the news
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release made available by the public
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relations unit of the Economic and
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Financial Crimes Commission
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EFCC Court jails ex-convict one other
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for Hawking Naira notes in Lagos Justice
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Yelen Bogaro of the Federal High Court
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sitting in Aoyi Lagos on Friday May 2nd
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2025 convicted and sentenced the duo of
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Fle Adoti and Medupe Adawui to one-year
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imprisonment each for hawking naira
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notes They were arraigned by the
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Lagosonal director at one of the
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economic and financial crimes commission
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EFCC Aaloo road aoy Lagos on a separate
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one-count charge bordering on illegal
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hawking of naira notes the charge
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against adote reads that you folk on the
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21st day of March 2025 opposite regency
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hall joy fell we aed in Lagos within the
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jury jurisdiction of this honorable
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court hawk the sum of
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3,850,000 naira issued by the central
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bank of Nigeria and thereby committed an
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offense contrary to and punishable under
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section 214 of the central bank of
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2007 that of Adawui reads that you
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medupe adawi on the 21st day of March
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2025 5 at Joby Fleet Street opposite
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Regency Event Center Alasaka in Lagos
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within the jurisdiction of this
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honorable court engaged in hawking the
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1,600,000 naira of 500 naira and 1,000
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naira denominations issued by the
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central bank of Nigeria and thereby
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committed an offense contrary to section
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214 and punishable under section 21 One
