NDLEA said on Sunday in Abuja that the suspected counterfeit notes were seized from a commercial bus travelling from Lagos to Kano on Tuesday
The CFA, backed by the French treasury, is the legal tender in francophone West and Central Africa accepted in 14 countries.
“A search of the bus led to the seizure of the 4.8 million dollars and 57 million CFA suspected to be counterfeits,’’ he stated.Mr Babafemi also celebrated the jailing of an acting district head in Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed , for five-and-a-half years for dealing in drugs. The NDLEA told the court that Mr Mohammed was in possession of and dealing in 436.38kg of Indian hemp and 7kg of other psychotropic drugs.The court sentenced Mr Mohammed to two years on each of the first two counts with an option of N1 million fine, and eight months on each of the third and fourth counts without an option of fine.
Mr Babafemi added that one of the flagship programmes of the advocacy was the WADA sensitisation lecture on drug use and mental health for students of 15 secondary schools at the University of Ibadan.
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