A syndicate’s plot to steal at least N2.7 billion from the Nigerian economy by pushing into circulation fake $4.7 million cash has been foiled.
Spokesperson of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Femi Babafemi, said on Sunday, in Abuja, adding that controlled delivery of the parcelled counterfeit US dollars totalling $4,760,000 led to the arrest of a principal suspect, 52-year-old Abdulmumini Maikasuwa.
The operatives had in the early hours of Friday February 18th, 2022 intercepted a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja at the Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory.
“The seizure followed intelligence received by the FCT Command of the agency detailing the movement of the cash and the vehicle conveying it,” Babafemi said.
Meanwhile, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has directed that both the cash and the suspect in custody be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for further investigation.
In Kwara State, barely three weeks after a nursing mother, Mrs Rashidat Adebayo, 38, was granted administrative bail following her arrest for dealing in illicit drugs, operatives have again arrested her in Offa with assorted drugs including Tramadol, Swinol, Diazepam and Pentazocine injection ampules.
Before her latest arrest on Thursday February 17th, the nursing mother had been arrested and granted bail on January 24th, 2022 for dealing in similar drugs.
