Operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
have arrested two members of a fake currency syndicate in Bauchi State.
NSCDC commandant in the state, Mr. Haliru Adamu who disclosed this at a news conference in Bauch named the suspects as Yaya Abaji, 35, of Kirfi Town and Abubakar Usman alias ‘Alaramma’, 33, of Bauchi Town.
He said the operatives of the Kirfi Division of the command arrested the suspects on June 12 following intelligence reports.
He alleged that the suspects specialised in defrauding unsuspecting members of the public under the false pretence of doubling their investments.
The commandant said the suspects conspired and collected N380, 000 from Kingsley Izuchukwu and Abubakar Dahiru, both residents of Dukku Town, Gombe.
He said the suspects had promised their victims that they would produce N500, 000.
Adamu said when the voodoo failed, the suspects allegedly attempted to murder the victims and in the process injured Izuchukwu.
One of the suspects Abaji, who, claimed to be a traditional healer, showed a certificate issued to him by the Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners, Bauchi State Chapter.
He claimed he was the liaison between prospective customers and Abubakar, who did the incantations.
Abubakar, who confessed to committing the crime, said it was not his wish to produce fake currencies, but was pushed to do so because he was unemployed and needed to survive.
“Our customers are from Bauchi, Gombe and Plateau States where the trade in fake currency flourishes,” he said.
With NAN report
