– US Customs allows Money Laundering Akwa Ibom LG Boss go free this time

Fresh facts have emerged as to why the United States authorities did not prosecute Hon. Nse Ntuen, the Chairman of Essien Udim local government, Akwa Ibom and also the Chairman of the state’s Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), who was two weeks ago arrested at the BWI international airport, Baltimore, USA with well over $44,000

The  US Customs and Border Control officer, Mr. Steve Sapp, said in his office yesterday that the fraud suspect 

who was on his way from London to attend the last convention of Akwa Ibom indigenes in America which 

was held at the Marriot Hotel, Washington, DC, was not prosecuted because he was seen as a first offender, 

stressing that the US laws did not allow the Customs and Border Agency to prosecute  first time money laundering 

offenders like him.

The official added that the earlier electronic mail sent from the agency which had claimed that $82, 000 was seized from 

Honourable Ntuen at the BWI airport, Baltimore on the 15th August, 2013 was inaccurate, noting the exact amount got 

from him was $44,783 with some British Pounds and Nigerian currencies.

He said more searchlight would be beamed on all Nigerians at all American airports in order to ensure that public funds 

are no longer laundered.

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