The Police in Niger State have nabbed a 37-year old man, Abubakar Suleiman, with 88 bundles of fake $100 notes.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abigail Unaeze, told newsmen, while parading the suspect that the fake currency dealer was arrested when he took the money to one Abdullahi Sambo, an engineer residing at Shango area of Minna.
According to the account, the police got wind of the issue, when Suleiman was reported to the Chanchaga police division by one of the relatives of Sambo, Mallam Mamman Manya. Manya was said to have suspected some shady deal when the suspect showed the money to Sambo who was sick.
In an interview with journalists, Suleiman, who was a foreman with Salihu Construction Company in Kaduna, confessed to be in possession of the fake dollar notes but said he was given the money to deliver to Sambo.
He stated, “I don’t know the owner. I am just on errand. The whole thing is just like a mystery. I was called by some unknown persons to contact Kahlifa who will give me something to take to Engr. Sambo in Minna. The people promised to help me financially. When I got to Minna, I went to Sambo’s house; on getting there, his relatives called the police that I brought fake notes for their father.”
Asked what the money was meant for, Abubakar said he did  not know what the money was meant for, but was only told it was to be given to Sambo, adding that all efforts to call Khalifa failed as he no longer picked his calls.
However, the Police PRO stated that Suleiman was part of a syndicate that specialised in circulating fake currency notes. She added that the police were on the trail of the other members of the syndicate, who are still at large.
