Nwankwo Kanu, Nigeria football legend, has reportedly lost $11,000 (N4 million) cash kept inside his suitcase in Moscow, capital of Russia.
TASS Russian News Agency is reporting that US$11,000 (approximately N4m) was stolen from the former Arsenal striker while he was traveling from London to Moscow.
Confirming the incident, Russian police said two loaders at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport were the primary suspects.
Kanu reported the money missing when he reached Kaliningrad, where featured in a World Cup curtain raiser game organised by FIFA.
“The stolen cash was removed (from the loaders) and will soon be returned to the owner,” Irina Volk, spokeswoman for the Russian interior ministry, said.
The loaders, aged 30 and 36, face criminal investigation and could be sent to jail for up to six years.
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