Police Speak On EFCC’s Discovery of Huge Naira Notes At Police Barracks Wadata

Police have spoken on EFCC’s discovery of huge Naira notes at Police Barracks Wadata.

Newsone reports the Benue State Police Command has debunked a video trending on social media purported to be bags of rotten naira notes discovered in a store at the Police Barracks in the Wadata area of Makurdi town.

This online news platform understands that some residents of Wadata were seen in the video, pulling out bags of what looked like decomposing papers from a store claiming it was money discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nigeria’s anti-graft agency.

However, Newsone Nigeria reports that the Benue Police Command in a statement issued in Makurdi by its Public Relations Officer, Superintendent, SP, Catherine Anene described the video as ‘misinformation’, and promised to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter.

Part of the statement read, “on December 13, 2022, at about 12-noon information was received at A Police Division Makurdi, that hidden Naira notes were recovered from Police Barracks Wadata.

“Police detectives sent on an investigation to the scene recovered wasted papers in a shop close to Wadata Police Barracks, Makurdi.

“The owner of the shop, Mr. Isah Suleiman was invited for questioning and he tendered a licence issued to him by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for waste management.

“He added that these wasted papers are usually gotten from CBN and processed into mosquito repellents. An investigation has been extended to CBN for confirmation,” the statement added.

Meanwhile, you can watch the video of the huge Naira notes discovered at Police Barracks Wadata: HERE.