A man has reportedly shown up at the Lagos office of EFCC claiming ownership of the N250 million found at the Balogun market, Lagos, on Monday, April 10

A man has reportedly shown up at the Lagos office of EFCC claiming ownership of the N250 million found at the Balogun market, Lagos, on Monday, April 10

- The man is claiming the money is proceeds of his trade in the tomatoes business

- EFCC gave the breakdown of the money was given to include: €547,730, £21,090 and N5,648,500

Following the controversies rocking the nation over huge amount of cash recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a man has reportedly shown up at the Lagos office of anti-graft agency claiming ownership of the N250 million found at the Balogun Market, Lagos, on Monday, April 10.

NAIJ.com gathered that an EFCC source who did not want to be named informed Tribune that “a man came on Wednesday claiming the money belonged to him and that it was the proceeds of his trade in tomatoes.”

Lere Olayinka questions authenticity of cash seized by EFCC: “We asked him what business fetched him the money, the man said he deals in bringing tomatoes from the North to sell in Lagos. We asked him why he did not put the money in bank, he said he does not use banks. Meanwhile the money is in bales with bank wrappers bearing stamps dated as recent as 6th April, 2017.