Adetula was apprehended on Saturday while attempting to leave Nigeria with the cash by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
He has since been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
A statement by the General Manager, Corporate Communications of the FAAN, Yakubu Dati, confirmed the development.
Dati said Adetula was not on duty when he was apprehended.
He expressed the appreciation of the management of FAAN to all the security agencies on duty at the time of Adetula's arrest.
The statement by Dati reads in full: "At about 11.55am today (October 20, 2012), one Mr. A. Adetula was arrested by security personnel for illegally attempting to smuggle out 1.4 million dollars at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja. Lagos.
"The suspect who is an employee of the security directorate, was neither on duty nor on official assignment.
"He was consequently accosted by security personnel at the Customs Currency Declaration Desk and has since been handed over to the EFCC custody for investigation.
"The Authority wishes to commend the joint efforts of the EFCC, Customs, Police and other security personnel who aided his arrest, and to assure them of its unalloyed assistance in unravelling this financial crime, particularly as the staff was acting on his own accord.
"We wish to also assure the public that FAAN is committed to restructuring the organisation to purge it of all dishonourable characters as it transforms into a modern and efficient entity."
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