Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have prosecuted thirty one (31) persons who were involved in illegal currency trading and abuse of naira.
Gatekeepers News reports that the commission said the special task force on illegal dealing and mishandling of the naira arrested the culprits between March and May 2024.
EFCC revealed that they arrested the offenders at different places in Kano including Wapa BDC market, Grand Central Hotel, and Lagos street adjacent to CBN office through a statement posted on its website.
The anti-graft agency however didn’t add more information of the sentence imposed by the court in the statement but stated that the offenders got jailed.
The statement goes “In an unprecedented display of regulatory enforcement, the Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured 31 convictions of individuals involved in illegal currency trading and the abuse of the naira.”
“The convicts include; Munkaila Sani, Mohammed Sani, Muhammad Tijjani, Abubakar Yakubu Garba, Umar Mohammed, Sadiq Ahmad, Amiru Ibrahim, Usman Mahmoud Aminu, Auwal Sharubutu, Abubakar Usman, Salisu Idris, Zarahdeen Sale, Yahaya Isa, Michael Oladipupo, Rose Mabe Akogu, Salako Gboyega, Muktari Haruna, Ibor Ibn Mohd, Onuche Attai, Ibitoye Olanrewaju, Matthew James, Isah Ahmad, Abdullahi Isah Musa, Sagir Musa, Murtala Gambo, Abdulrahman Hassan, Nazifi Musa Isah, Usman Muhd Muhd, Najeeb Abalan, Dickson Egbuka and Habib Abba.”
EFCC also recently charged the popular cross dresser turned transgender, Bobrisky and Cubana Chief Priest to court for abusing the Nigerian currency.
Bobrisky who was arraigned on a six-count charge was sentenced to six months imprisonment without bail by a federal high court.
Cubana Chief Priest who was arraigned on a three count charge was granted bail of the sum of N10 million with two responsible sureties in like sum.
