The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested two middle-aged men in possession and selling counterfeited redesigned N1000 notes in the state. A statement on Friday by the Command's spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said the suspects were arrested on Thursday at about 9:05pm at Iheakpu-Awka in Igbo-Eze South local government area with N180,000 of the counterfeited redesigned N1,000 banknotes. Ndukwe gave the names of the suspects as Joseph Chinenye, aged 39, and Onyeka Kenneth Ezeja aged 29.
February 3, 2023The suspects were arrested by police operatives serving in Igbo-Eze South Division of Enugu State Command following credible information about the duo.
A statement on Friday by the Command's spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said the suspects were arrested on Thursday at about 9:05pm at Iheakpu-Awka in Igbo-Eze South local government area with N180,000 of the counterfeited redesigned N1,000 banknotes.According to the statement, the suspects were arrested by police operatives serving in Igbo-Eze South Division of Enugu State Command following credible information about the duo.
"Preliminary investigation shows, among other things, that the notes, which are in three separate batches, bear the same serial numbers of A/34:282656, A/46:578759 and 8/93:852942; while the suspects claimed to have secured the counterfeited Naira notes from an unidentified woman in Benin, Edo State.
The Command's spokesman said that the suspects would be arraigned in court upon consolidation and conclusion of investigation into the case by the State Criminal and Investigation Department Enugu.