A 37-year-old man, Abubakar Suleiman has been arrested with 88 bundles of fake 100 US dollar notes by the Niger state Police Command.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abigail Unaeze, said he took the money to one Engineer Abdullahi Sambo of Shango area in Minna when he was arrested.
The report revealed this time said that Sulieman was being reported to the Chanchaga Police Division by Mamman Manya, one of the relatives of Engineer Sambo who he was said to be taking the money to.
Suleiman has confessed to the crime that he was in possession of the fake dollar notes but was given the money to deliver to Engineer Sambo and he did not know the real owner of the money.
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Suleiman said an intermediary called Khalifa gave him the money claiming the owners of the money were ‘genies’.
“I am on an 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 Engineer 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.”
When Suleiman was questioned on what the money was meant for he said:
“I do not know what the money is meant for. I was only told it was meant for Engineer Sambo. I am on an errand and it was not my business to know if the notes are fake. I was doing what I was sent.”
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The suspect, however, said all efforts to reach Khalifa on phone proved abortive as he no longer picked his calls.
Meanwhile, the Police said that Abubakar is one of a syndicate whose speciality is in the circulation of fake currency, noting that the police is on the trail of other members of the crime syndicate.
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