Suspected members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have distributed huge amounts of old notes to scores of commuters in the Lake Chad Basin ahead of the deadline of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) cashless policy, sources have said.

Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred after Mairari village, along the Maiduguri/Monguno highway on Saturday in Guzamala LGA of Borno State.

A source told the Daily Trust in Maiduguri that the ISWAP members were dressed in military camouflage and drove two gun trucks.

A resident, Bakura Ibrahim, said the insurgents positioned themselves under a tree and stood by the roadside with bags of old naira notes.

“We left Monguno at about 12 noon. As we approached Mairari, there were no existing checkpoints in the area; we were apprehensive.

“They stopped us and asked if we were going to Maiduguri, then they started giving each person 100,000 old naira notes, but we could not believe it. They gave each occupant of the Golf Volkswagen,” Bakura said.

Another source added, “The group simply told us, “If you think you can go to their banks and change it to new naira, go and do so; may Allah make it beneficial to you.”

Higgies:

Death to all their sponsors.
And the lovers of their sponsors.

Brendaniel:
ISWAP gave each person 100,000 naira while Buhari took 385,000 from each Nigerian

It is well

Dikegodspower:
Wao
That's commendable

ArewaNorth:

https://dailytrust.com/iswap-distributes-old-naira-notes-to-passengers-on-borno-highway/

alizma:
Don't be too fast to see it as good gesture, those riffraff may come for the money later but then, asking for it in new notes.

They stopped us and asked if we were going to Maiduguri, then they started giving each person 100,000 old naira notes, but we could not believe it. They gave each occupant of the Golf Volkswagen,

Bigkoko:
Tinubu should learn from these terrorists....and start sharing his horded loot. But i heard Nigerian terrorists are way more humane than Nigerian politicians!

Tinubu should prove Nigerians wrong that he is better than terrorists! Open the bullion van & share the loot!

alizma:
Don't be too fast to see it as good gesture, those riffraff may come for the money later but then, asking for it in new notes.