Sunday was arraigned before Justice Deinde I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, the Head of Media & Publicity of the anti-graft agency said in a statement. One of the counts reads: "That you, Okorie Sylvernus Sunday, on the 19th day of March, 2025 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, failed to make a declaration of the sum of $299,000 (Two Hundred and Ninety Nine Thousand United States Dollars), which you concealed in Relaxer containers to the Nigerian Customs Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, and thereby committed an offence Contrary to and Punishable under Section 3(5) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022.” The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to him.