- Safiu Kehinde
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a 24-year-old palm kernel dealer, Iziga Ikechukwu, over alleged abuse of Naira notes.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on the EFCC’s official X handle on Thursday.
According to the statement Iziga, also known as Easy-money, was arrested by operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the EFCC.
The operatives initiated his arrest following an actionable intelligence received via a viral video circulating on social media in which he was seen recording himself, while abusing Naira notes in his hotel room, during his birthday celebration.
This, according to the EFCC, is an offense that ran contrary to Section 21 of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Act of 2007.
Upon receipt of the intelligence, a preliminary investigation was conducted with the identity and address of the suspect identified.
He was arrested on Saturday at his residence located around timber market in Enugu-Ezike, Enugu State.
In the course of his arrest, the sum of N81, 700 suspected to be part of the money he was mutilating, was recovered.
The EFCC vowed to charge the suspect to court as soon as investigations are concluded.