By Three people have been detained by the (NSCDC) Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps’ Zamfara State Command in connection with N2 million worth of counterfeit money.
Ikor Uche, the Command’s public relations officer, quoted the suspects as saying that the corps had detained them for their involvement in creating, minting, and disseminating false naira and dollar bills to the general public.
Uche claimed that on April 3, in Gusau, Kamallu Sani, 28, Sulieman Yusuf, 29, and Uzaifa Muazu, all residents of the Tsafe Local Government Area, were detained when they attempted to pay a Keke Napep rider’s transportation fare with a bogus N1,000 note.
The Napep operator was able to recognize the phony currency and triggered an alarm, which resulted in the capture of the offenders.
Three people have been detained by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps’ Zamfara State Command in connection with N2 million worth of counterfeit money.
Ikor Uche, the Command’s public relations officer, quoted the suspects as saying that the corps had detained them for their involvement in creating, minting, and disseminating false naira and dollar bills to the general public.
Uche claimed that on April 3, in Gusau, Kamallu Sani, 28, Sulieman Yusuf, 29, and Uzaifa Muazu, all residents of the Tsafe Local Government Area, were detained when they attempted to pay a Keke Napep rider’s transportation fare with a bogus N1,000 note.
The Napep operator was able to recognize the phony currency and triggered an alarm, which resulted in the capture of the offenders.
Investigations, according to the command, showed that Kamallu Sani has been engaging in the industry for a year.
He admitted that one Ado Gurgu of the Tsafe Local Government Area introduced him to the illegal behavior by taking him to one Muazu Abdulkarim of the hamlet of Kwartarkwarshi.
According to Uche, Kamallu acknowledged that Muazu Abdulkarim provided the phony money notes and that each N1000 fake note was swapped for just N400.
The Corps’ operatives located the supplier in the village of Kwartarkwarshi, where the main suspect, Muazu Abdulkarim, who is still at large, instructed his son, Uzaifa Muazu, who had participated in the illegal trade with the father, to open a box containing counterfeit Naira and Dollar bills for him.
Together with $2,600 worth of counterfeit notes, there was N60,000 worth of phony money in the package, for a total of N1.92 million.
However, he said that after Kamallu Sani’s detention, bogus N17,000 bills were found on him.
He stated that Muazu Abdulkarim’s son Uzaifa Muazu, who was the main suspect, had admitted that his father had been engaging in illegal activity for more than three years.
He continued by saying that he traveled with One Ado Gurgu from Kano to obtain the bogus funds.
But, according to Uche, Commandant Muhammad Muazu warned the public to be cautious of the sneaky group of individuals.
The Corps, he claimed, had focused its searchlight on the troublemakers and would crack down hard on them.
He further stated that the suspects would be turned over to the proper authorities for prosecution by the Corps.
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