Tag: MAKIA

Kano: Airport cleaner returns $10,000 found in aircraft

Aminu Imam
Kano Airport cleaner

An employee of the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO), Auwal Ahmed ?ankode, found $10,000, equivalent to approximately N16 million, inside an aircraft while performing his routine cleaning duties and immediately reported the discovery to the airline management. ?ankode, a native of Kode village in Bunkure, Kano State, came across the cash while cleaning an EgyptAir aircraft at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, (MAKIA). According to reports, the plane had landed around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, when Dankode made the unexpected find. Without delay, ?ankode reported the discovery to the…

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Man arrested with $184,800 concealed in a diaper at Kano airport

Aminu Imam

A suspect, Sabo Suleiman, was arrested on June 17, 2021 by a joint operation at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, in Kano, after he came to claim an unaccompanied suitcase that arrived aboard an Ethiopian Air flight ET911 from Saudi Arabia through Addis-Ababa. Upon arrest, it was discovered that a sum of $184,800 (One hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars), SAR 1,723,310 (one million, seven hundred and twenty-three thousand, three hundred and ten Saudi Riyals) was concealed in a diaper pack. The monies were discovered at the screening point when…

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Kano: Turkey-bound Nigerian arrested with 54 ATM cards

Aminu Imam

A money-laundering suspect has been arrested at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, (MAKIA), with 54 Automated Teller Machines, (ATM) cards while attempting to board a flight. The suspect, Abubakar Sale, was handed over yesterday to the Head of the Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC), by the Area Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service in Kano, S.P Umar, who told the EFCC Head, Mualledi Farouq Dogondaji, to conduct further investigation. Picture caption: The-ATM-cards-found-on-Abubakar-Sale-being-handed-over-to-EFCCs-Dogondaji Speaking at the ceremony at the Customs Area Command in Kano, Umar…

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