Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zamfara State Command has arrested three persons in connection with fake currency worth N2 million.Information Guide Nigeria
The Naira parading the suspects said the suspects were arrested for being involved in printing, minting and circulating fake Naira and US Dollar notes to the public.
THE WILL reports that Ikor Uche said, “Kamallu Sani, 28, Sulieman Yusuf, 29, and Uzaifa Muazu, all of Tsafe Local Government Area, were arrested in Gusau on April 3, while trying to pay for transport fare to a Keke Napep rider with a fake N1000 note.
“The Napep operator was able to identify the currency to be fake and raised an alarm, which led to the arrest of the culprits.”NYSC Portal
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“Investigations revealed that Kamallu Sani has been indulged in the business for a year.
“He confessed to having been introduced to the illicit act by one Ado Gurgu of Tsafe Local Government Area, who took him to one Muazu Abdulkarim of Kwartarkwarshi village.”
According to THE WILL, the Public Relations Officer said, “Kamallu admitted that Muazu Abdulkarim was the person who supplied the fake currency note and that each N1000 fake note was exchanged for N400 only.
“The operatives of the Corps traced the supplier to Kwartarkwarshi village, where the prime suspect, Muazu Abdulkarim, who is at large, directed his son, Uzaifa Muazu, who had been in the illicit trade with the father, to open a box that contained fake currencies both in Naira and Dollars for supplies to the suspects.
“The sum of N60,000 fake currency was found alongside $2,600 of fake notes, totalling N1.92 million found in the box.
“He, however, said that N17,000 of the fake currency was recovered from Kamallu Sani during his arrest.
“He confirmed that Uzaifa Muazu, who was a son of the prime suspect, Muazu Abdulkarim, confessed that his father had been in the illicit act for more than three years.JAMB Result
“He added that he got the fake monies from Kano, in the company of one Ado Gurgu.”
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