The Bauchi Police Command has arrested a 62-year-old man, Tahir Ahmed, for allegedly producing counterfeit naira notes.<\/p>\n
According to Police Public Relations Officer Ahmed Wakil, the arrest followed an incident on August 6, 2024.<\/p>\n
A concerned citizen from Jos North LGA, Plateau State, was traveling by commercial vehicle from Sabon Garin Narabi in Toro LGA, Bauchi State, to Bauchi.<\/p>\n
During the journey, Ahmed reportedly boarded the vehicle and performed what appeared to be ritualistic chanting to transform papers into fake one thousand naira notes, raising suspicions.<\/p>\n
The vehicle reached Bauchi’s Yandoka Road, where a passerby alerted the police. <\/p>\n
After questioning, Ahmed confessed to the crime, and police recovered 238,000 naira in suspected counterfeit notes.<\/p>\n
Wakil stated that investigations are ongoing. Police Commissioner Auwal Muhammad has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police for Criminal Investigation to request a forensic analysis from the Central Bank of Nigeria to verify the authenticity of the notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Bauchi Police Command has arrested a 62-year-old man, Tahir Ahmed, for allegedly producing counterfeit naira notes. According to Police Public Relations Officer Ahmed Wakil, the arrest followed an incident on August 6, 2024. A concerned citizen from Jos North LGA, Plateau State, was traveling by commercial vehicle from Sabon Garin Narabi in Toro LGA, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,19],"tags":[314,315],"class_list":{"0":"post-142797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general","8":"category-metro","9":"tag-bauchi-state-police-command","10":"tag-counterfeit-notes"},"yoast_head":"\n