Police arrest two with fake redesigned naira notes

Two male suspects identified as Joseph Chinenye, 39, and Onyeka Ezeja, 29, have been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command for possessing, transacting, and selling fake redesigned naira notes in the state.

According to police, the suspects were in possession of fake 180 pieces of the Central Bank of Nigeria newly-redesigned ₦1,000 notes, with a face value of ₦180,000 (One hundred anreal hair wigs custom triathlon jersey rose sex toy yeezy sneakers custom hockey jerseys nike air max 90 custom sublimated hockey jerseys yeezy shoes under 1000 custom nhl hockey jerseys air jordan 1 element black friday wig sale nike air jordan 1 elevate low nike air max 90 cheap jordan 1 black friday wig saled eighty thousand naira).

In a statement released by the Enugu State Police spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Friday, the arrest was carried out when police officers serving in the Igbo-Eze South Division of the Command acted on credible information on Feb. 2 at about 9:05p.m

The Police spokesman said the two suspects hail from Iheakpu-Awka in the Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area and Onicha village in the Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North LGA.

According to DSP Daniel Ndukwe,  “Preliminary investigation shows, among other things, that the fake redesigned naira notes, which are in three separate batches, bear the same serial numbers of A/34:282656, A/46:578759 and 8/93:852942.

“The suspects claimed to have secured the counterfeited naira notes from an unidentified woman in Benin City, Edo State.

“In addition, they confessed to attempting to sell the naira notes to a Point of Sale operator, who rejected them.

“They were, however, arrested by police operatives at a filling station in the Ibagwa-Aka community of Igbo-Eze South LGA, where they used the naira notes to purchase petrol”

The two suspects would be arraigned in court upon consolidation and conclusion of investigation into the case by the State Criminal Investigation Department, Enugu, Ndukwe said.

Meanwhile, the Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Ammani, had reassured the commitment of the police to fish out and bring to book criminal elements perpetrating such acts of economic sabotage in the state.

CP Ahmed Ammani also urged all residents of the state to give supports the police in its quest to deal with criminality and criminal elements in Enugu state and beyond.