Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC
Court Jails Man One Year for $5000 Money Laundering in Lagos
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced one Mbonu Somto to one year imprisonment for money laundering. Somto was arraigned on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 on a one-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of $5000 ( Five Thousand United States Dollars) brought against him by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The charge reads: “That you, Mbonu Somto, on or about the 19th May, 2025, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court, concealed and disguised the origin of $5000…
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