Naira notes: EFCC, Benue police debunk viral video

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Makurdi office, and Benue State Police Command have debunked the file trending on social media of alleged discovery of old naira notes inside the capital city.

Naira notes: EFCC, Benue police debunk viral video .

The video indicates sacks of perceived vintage naira notes found inside big box round Wadata market on Tuesday.

But an legit of the anti-graft corporation who did not need to be cited considering he become no longer accredited to speak stated the office were given information of sacks of antique naira notes and deployed its guys to the area but located that they had been condemned notes from the Central Bank of Nigeria.

He stated, “It is true we heard statistics of old naira notes then we went to courtroom to attain a search warrant, on getting there, we determined those condemned naira notes.

“The proprietor of the vintage naira notes said he bought them from the CBN. The antique notes had been cut into pieces and squeezed, it isn’t always money at all.

“I will ship the photos of the contents within the sacks that had been found to you to peer,” the legitimate informed our corresondent on the telephone, Tuesday night.

Also in a statement issued in the past due hours of Tuesday, the State Police Command defined the file as unfounded.

According to the statement issued by the Command spokesperson, Catherine Anene, the purported naira notes had been wasted papers acquired from the CBN.

The declaration examine in component, “On December thirteen, 2022, at approximately 12pm, records changed into received at a police division, Makurdi, that hidden naira notes were recovered from police barracks, Wadata.

“Police detectives sent on research to the scene recovered wasted papers in a shop close to Wadata Police Barracks, Makurdi.

“The owner of the store, Mr. Isah Suleiman, become invited for questioning and he tendered a licence issued to him through the CBN for waste control.

“He delivered that those wasted papers were typically gotten from the CBN and processed in mosquito repellents. Investigation has been prolonged to the CBN for affirmation.”