The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Airport Command has intercepted $8,065,615 at the the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
This was revealed by the NCS Comptroller-General, Hameed Ali, on Tuesday, February 4.
Speaking at a press conference, Ali revealed that the cash was stashed inside a car ready to be loaded into an aircraft.
Ali said the vehicle belongs to the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) and that its driver and a NAHCO employee have been arrested.
The Customs boss said the money was wrapped in large brown envelopes with the names of would-be owners, adding that no bank has claimed ownership of the money since it was seized.
However, he did not reveal the aircraft that was meant to transport the money.
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