Can you identify a fake Naira note when someone pays you for goods or services you offered with it?
The Naira scarcity saga has opened a window of criminality to people who cary counterfeit money.
They are busy printing and spending the fake currency.
Before April 3, in Gusau, Kamallu Sani, 28, Sulieman Yusuf, 29, and Uzaifa Muazu, all residents of the Tsafe Local Government Area, decided to carry out theire criminal activities.
But as they say, “everyday is for the thief and one day is for the owner”.
An Aimless Journey
They had no perfect plan, being that it is a criminal activity and now they are in police custody.
On April 3, they were detained after they attempted to pay a Keke Napep rider’s fare with a fake ₦1,000 note.
All they do is embark on a journey without any other motive, but to pay 100 Naira and get 900 Naira real money change.
According to the report, the Napep operator was able to recognise the fake currency and raised an alarm, which resulted in the capture of the offenders.
Three young men were arrested and detained by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps‘ (NSCDC), Zamfara State Command in association with ₦2 million worth of counterfeit money.
Ikor Uche, the Command’s spokesman, while parading the suspects said that the corps had detained them for their involvement in creating, minting, and disseminating fake naira and dollar bills to the general public.
According to the command, investigations showed that Kamallu Sani has been engaging in the act for a year.
He admitted that one Ado Gurgu of the Tsafe Local Government Area exposed him to the illegal printing and minting by taking him to one Muazu Abdulkarim of the village of Kwartarkwarshi.
It was also revealed that they often buy the notes.
According to Uche, Kamallu acknowledged that Muazu Abdulkarim provided the false currency notes, and that each ₦1000 fake note was exchanged for just ₦400.
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Main Suspect At Large
The Corps’ agents located the supplier in the village of Kwartarkwarshi, where the main suspect, Muazu Abdulkarim, who is still at large, told his son, Uzaifa Muazu, who had participated in the illegal trade with his father, to open a box containing fake Naira and Dollar for supplies to the suspects.
The sum of ₦60,000 fake currency was found alongside $2,600 of fake notes, totalling ₦1.92 million found in the box.
He, however, said that ₦17,000 of the fake currency was recovered from Kamallu Sani during his arrest.
“The general public should be wary of this mischievous set of people,” the commandant advised.
We would focus our attention on these troublemakers, and the Corps would not waver in its pursuit of suspects.
He insisted that all suspects would be turned over to the proper officials so they could face charges.