Nse Ntuen, the Chairman of the Akwa Ibom State Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), was on Friday arrested by operatives of the Maryland State Police Department at the BWI International Airport, Baltimore.
When contacted by our correspondent, Mr. Strike Thomas, an official of the Maryland State Police Department at the airport, said that the suspect only declared $5,000 when he got to the airport, adding that it was further security checks that indicated that he was still having some bundles of US Dollars in his bag.
The official who agreed to be quoted pressed further that the chairman who flew into the United Stated from London, United Kingdom was later taken to their investigation room where an additional $77, 000 was found in his bag.
It was gathered that Hon. Nse Ntuen accepted that he truly smuggled the money into the USA with the aim to use it as donations at the just-concluded Annual International Convention of the Akwa Ibom Indigenes in the United States and Canada which was held at the Marriot Hotel in Washington, DC.
The suspect was later made to write and sign a statement where he accepted that he brought in items which he failed to declared to both the Nigrian and United States Custom agencies.
The official, who spoke with our correspondent, further disclosed that the Akwa Ibom state ALGON Chairman who was held for over five hours was later released after the whole $82, 000 he admitted to have smuggled into the country was confiscated by the Maryland State Police Department
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I dey here for port harcout dey fine work them the theft our money to another country, e for better make them invest here than that big nonsense.
ReplyDeleteYeye people that seize power to govern and know next to noting about international laws. Keep disgracing our great country!!! All of dem bi fake leaders/ law makers
ReplyDeleteHummm nigerian government shamless gm
ReplyDeleteDat is it PDP government,soon OBJ will be mentioning names of corrupt people yet they are d achitect of corruptions in dis country including IBB
ReplyDeleteDis na one of d reazn way I no dey respekt dis our so called politicians(cannibals). Senators, make una propose and pass to law "death sentence for corruption instead of Yerima's death sentence proposal(child-marriage/kidnapping).
ReplyDeleteThis is the only country where politicians will loot the treasury in billions and still go scot free. Let the international world continue to arrest and disgrace them overthere.
ReplyDeleteOLE!If at all he intended to give donation to those indigens,didn't he declare'em than smuggling them?The masses are being taking for granted.How I wish USA will handle such monsters by executing them accorgingly.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmm , one by one Gd will continue to expose dem where dey won't see any coverup . If he was caought here in Nigeria ,it wil jst be swept under d carpet . Am waiting 2see d kind of Wellcome he will receive 4rm d suffering people of hi local govt .may Gd save d masses .
ReplyDeleteGod will purnish them huh! Like God is the next guy sitting to u, we are are made in the image of God and likeness therefore we should forge our fate if this guy has being caught stealing people of his lga in akwa ibom should stand up and call for his resignation, but no they won't they are cowards like there governor akpabio who will betray anything to stay in the corridors of power nnamufiok
ReplyDeleteCome ckn is it akpabio that stole the money how come u have his face on the article you guys are asking for wahala, I hope u know his the first born of gej hmmmmm
ReplyDeleteto bcome chairman of algon wad a shame to akpabio n his lga people . After akpabio will shout on TV dat he's fighting corruption wen his own lga wey he's frm is looted by his chairman n he's aware of it .I pity dis govt .akpabio for senate 2015 wit looting
ReplyDeleteThe only problem I have with this GEJ, is the fact that he doesn't fight corruption at all, ever sinced the begining of his administration. I want him to continue cos his doing his best. Some sychophants re just trying to fustrate his administration and notin more, and if given them the opportunity they can not do better than him.
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