Keke Rider Raises Alarm Over Fake Naira Note
Keke Rider Raises Alarm Over Fake Naira Note: The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested three suspects for being involved in the
printing, minting and circulation of fake Naira and U.S Dollar notes worth N2 million. The suspects
were identified as Kamallu Sani, 28, Sulieman Yusuf, 29 and Uzaifa Muazu, all of Tsafe Local Government Area.
They 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 the alarm,
leading to the arrest of the culprits.
Keke Rider Raises Alarm Over Fake Naira Note: The Investigations
According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ikor Uche, investigations revealed that Kamallu
Sani had been involved in the business for a year. He was introduced to the illicit act by one Ado Gurgu
of Tsafe Local Government Area, who took him to one Muazu Abdulkarim of Kwartarkwarshi village.
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 with $2,600 of fake notes,
totaling N1.92 million found in the box.
The Arrest
During the arrest, N17,000 of the fake currency was recovered from Kamallu Sani. Uzaifa Muazu confessed
that his father had been in the illicit act for more than three years and that he got the fake monies from
Kano in the company of Ado Gurgu.
The Commandant, Muhammad Muazu, advised the general public to be wary of such mischievous people.
The Corps has beamed its search light on the mischief makers and will clamp down on them heavily.
The suspects will be handed over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution