The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Monday denied reports alleging that about N900 million (Nine Hundred Million Naira) of mutilated naira notes, which is the subject of prosecution at a Federal High Court in Ibadan kept in its custody turned to paper. The anti-graft commission said it got to know about the money when the …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Monday denied reports alleging that about N900 million of mutilated naira notes, which is the subject of prosecution at a Federal High Court in Ibadan kept in its custody turned to paper.
“EFCC operatives visited the CBN office in Ibadan to inspect the said boxes and discovered that the monies had been tampered with,” EFCC said in a statement. EFCC said the suspects were charged on a count one and two for abuse of office and contribution to the economic adversity of Nigeria. “This is a clear departure from the mischievous accounts of naysayers who erroneously misinterpreted the position of the court to claim that the boxes were tampered with by the EFCC!”
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