Justice F. N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a bureau de change (BDC) operator, Dabo Malam Ardi, to two months' imprisonment for engaging in illegal foreign exchange transactions. Ardi was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge of conducting an illegal foreign exchange transaction.

Justice F. N. Ogazi of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday convicted and sentenced a bureau de change (BDC) operator, Dabo Malam Ardi, to two months' imprisonment…

The conviction is the latest in a number of cases involving BDC operators prosecuted by the EFCC at the Lagos court over foreign exchange transactions conducted outside the…