7 CBN Staff Arrested for Diversion of Mutilated N13m
From Aisha Wakaso in Minna, 08.21.2009


The Niger State Police Command has arrested seven staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Minna Currency Office for diversion of N13 million mutilated currency meant for destruction by burning.

The suspects - AbdulRahman Idris; Umar Alhaji; Shehu Usman; Alhassan Galadima; Lawal Mohammed; Yerima Usman and Danjuma Bello - were alleged to have been involved in the diversion of the mutilated currency they were detailed to destroy but chose to keep the said money.

Investigations by THISDAY revealed that among those arrested by the police in connection with the deal were drivers, messengers and some security men on duty who were alleged to be privy to the deal but failed to report to higher authorities.

The suspects were alleged to have shared the money with each of them getting N2.9 million; N2.5 million; N2.4 million; N2.7 million and N2.8 million, while Usman and Bello allegedly received N500,000 and N70,000 respectively.

THISDAY gathered that some of the suspects had been in the business of diverting sums of money meant for destruction by burning, by sharing such monies among themselves.

The police, who said the suspects had been under surveillance for some time, laid ambush for them during their last trip to the burning exercise.
It was gathered that six of the suspects were arrested in a bush after successfully sharing the money among themselves.

On interrogation by the police, one of the suspects confessed to the crime and named the seventh suspect, who did not go with them to the bush to share the money, leading to his subsequent apprehension by the police.

Huge amounts of money were found in the bank accounts of the suspects by the police, while close to N1 million was found in the residence of a member of the gang who was arrested at home.

The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Richard Oguche, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, when contacted confirmed the story.
He said the suspects would be charged to court on completion of investigations into the matter.

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Almajiri crooks are grabbing their own national cake. Nigeria is up for grabs by just about anybody. Shame.

they want their share of the billion billion.

I guess there is Sharia in Niger state?

deor03:

I guess there is Sharia in Niger state?

So which part of their body will they cut off now? Their heads? Or their brains with which they thought about the crime?

Mts. This Naija!

Alomost anyone would do such, so leave them alone.
How can a man that has no money go and burn 13M naira?

Police at check point do N20 N20 vison 2020 police collection and shared from constable to IGP since the begining of times, so you guy should not get too excited, the matter will be 'settled out of court amicably' after the police and prosecution are settled maybe some clean notes for the bench.

POVERTY will make a saint almost become a satan

We need  LEADERSHIP with holistic view of solutions for this country rather the knee jerk reaction of daily occurrence. Any good visionary leader will know that this will happen more often than not since costs is many times over income. Anyway PDP= People deceiving party and Poverty development party, what do you expect?

Mr. President YAR A'LIAR is flying all over the world for medical treatment  instead of building a world class hospital in Nigeria to treat his ailment and similar ones. costs of those trip will be more than the costs of building hospitals at the end of the day.

SO CBN staff  ALSO WANT TO GO ABROAD FOR MEDICAL CHECK UP, what is good for the goose is good for the gander

desgiezd:

So which part of their body will they cut off now? Their heads? Or their brains with which they thought about the crime?

I guess the brain is guilty, Remove the brain and Tell them to "sin no more"