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Reports reaching the desk of The Eastern Updates has it that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Enugu Zonal Command, have apprehended the duo of Nweke Daniel Kelechi and Iroude Chibuzor over alleged currency racketeering of ₦850,000.
The suspects were apprehended during a sting operation around United Bank for Africa, UBA, ESBS, in Enugu.
Their arrest followed actionable intelligence and surveillance on the suspects’ activities.
During the sting operation, Chibuzor was initially arrested, but it was discovered that he was working for Kelechi, who authorised him to sell new notes.
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The commission added that they will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
In another report, no fewer than five suspected forex speculators at the Ama-Hausa mosque, along Hospital Road, Aba in Abia State have been arrested by operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the EFCC.
The names of the arrested suspects were given as Hassan Umaru; Haruna Umar Badamasi Abdullahi, Auwal Muhammed and Kasimu Muhammed.
The suspects were in possession of different currencies in varied sums at the point of arrest.
The recovered currencies are: 23,000 Won (Korean currency), 52 (Yuan Chinese currency), $6, 500 Nippon Ginko, 40 notes of Dalawampung piso (Philippines Currency) 20 Gambian Dalasis, 20 Swaziland currency and N382,000 (Three Hundred and Eighty-Two Thousand Naira only).
Other recovered items from them are, seven mobile phones, one power bank, one air pod, and one ATM card.
They were arrested by operatives of the Command, following weeks of surveillance and credible intelligence.
The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
