Enugu man Okonkwo caught spending fake naira notes

Enugu man Okonkwo caught spending fake naira notes

Mmaduabuchi Okonkwo: Arrested in Enugu, for possessing and carrying out transactions with fake Naira notes.

Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun

By Stanley Nwanosike

A 24-year-old man Mmaduabuchi Okonkwo has been arrested at the Old IMT Bus Stop, Abakaliki Road, Enugu, for possessing and carrying out transactions with fake Naira notes.

Okonkwo was arrested by police operatives serving in Abakaliki Road with the support of law-abiding citizens on 10 April, 2024.

Okonkwo who is a resident of Mkpologu, Emene, Enugu was arrested with a total of ₦40,000 suspected counterfeited one thousand denominated Naira notes in his possession, according to a statement by the Command’s spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe,

“A total of ₦40,000 suspected counterfeited one thousand denominated Naira notes were recovered from him.

“A preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect boarded a minibus from New Haven Junction to Old IMT Bus Stop, Enugu, and gave the driver one of the counterfeited notes.

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“The driver, however, scrutinised and observed that the currency was fake, and quickly raised an alarm that led to the suspect’s arrest.

“Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to having paid the sum of ₦25,000 genuine Naira notes to his cohort at large for the counterfeited Naira notes worth ₦50,000,” he said.

Ndukwe said that he further confessed to having spent ₦10,000 out of the fake notes, with the remaining ₦40,000 recovered from him.

“The suspect will be arraigned and prosecuted once investigations are concluded,” he said.

(NAN)

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