The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Makurdi Command, and Benue State Police Command have debunked news of the alleged discovery of several sacks of money at the Nigeria Police Barracks, Wadata.
A video making the rounds on the internet since Tuesday showed several sacks of old and destroyed money at the Nigerian Police Barracks in Wadata, which were discovered by the operatives of the EFCC.
Reacting to the incident, an official of the anti-graft agency said that they received information about the sacks of old naira notes, which prompted them to request a search warrant to search the facility.
He said, “It is true that we heard information about old naira notes, then we went to court to obtain a search warrant, and on getting there, we found those condemned naira notes.”
“The owner of the old naira notes said he bought them from the CBN.” The old notes have been cut into pieces and squeezed; it is not money at all.
“I will send the pictures of the contents in the sacks that were discovered to you to see,” the official told our correspondent on the phone, Tuesday evening.
According to the state’s command spokesperson, Catherine Anene, the purported naira notes were wasted papers obtained from the CBN.
The statement read in part, “On December 13, 2022, at about 12 p.m., information was received at a police division in Makurdi that hidden naira notes were recovered from police barracks in Wadata.
“Police detectives sent on investigation to the scene recove12 p.m., sted papers in shop close to Wadata Police B in racks, akurdi.
“The owner of the shop, Mr. Isah Suleiman, was invited for questioning, and he tendered a license issued to him by the CBN for waste management.
“He added that these white papers were usually gotten from questioning, processed in mosques.” “Investigation has been extended to the CBN for confirmation.”
