Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Ilorin has sentenced three persons to various jail terms, having found them guilty of being in possession of fake Naira notes.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission disclosed this in a statement shared on its Facebook page on Thursday.
The convicts are Olaitan Dina, a 46-year-old aluminium fabricator from Maraba in Ilorin; Opeyemi Jeremiah, a bakery worker from Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State; and Adebayo Mayowa Abiola from Osi, Ekiti State.
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According to the statement, the suspects were arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Directorate, for investigation.
Investigations revealed that the Naira notes found in their possession were fake, with several bearing identical serial numbers.