EFCC arrests airport security officer, two others over alleged gold smuggling in Kano

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested an Aviation Security serviceman and 2 different suspects implicit alleged engagement successful currency and golden smuggling astatine the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.

A connection by EFCC said the suspects, Ali Baffa, an Inspector 1 with Aviation Security (AVSEC), on with Aushabu Nasidi and Mukhtar Muhammad Dan Zaria were arrested by operatives of the Kano Zonal Directorate of the EFCC during an cognition astatine the airport.

According to the agency, the arrests were made connected Friday, June 11, 2026, during what the committee described arsenic a regular surveillance workout by the Land and Property Fraud Section of the Kano Zonal Directorate.

The cognition followed a directive from the EFCC Executive Chairman ordering each zonal offices to measurement up enforcement against the smuggling of mineral ...