The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna zonal command, apprehended three suspects in connection to gouging, which is also money swindling.
The EFCC released this information in a post on their X page, which was formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday, confirming the arrest of the three suspects whose names are Musa Gideon, Abdul Seidu, and Justine Musa.
In a bid to curb the gouging of innocent Nigerians using Nigerian currency, the EFCC has again set deterrents.
The suspects were caught along Yakubu Gowon Way, Kaduna, while trying to sell the new naira notes to an EFCC’s undercover official.
Items recovered from the suspects were automated teller machines (ATMs), ATM cards, and the old and new naira notes , amounting to the sum of N1,307,400.00 (One million, three hundred and Seven Thousand, Four Hundred Naira).
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The EFCC’s undercover official is a member of the Special Task Force, who was assigned to carry out a sting operation with his team to enforce extant laws against any forms of gouging, currency mutilation, and the dollarization of the Economy enforced by the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede.
Following the arrest, the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
