IGP orders arrest, prosecution of naira sellers

The inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the arrest of persons selling or abusing the naira.

Baba instructed the deputy inspector-general of police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) and the assistant inspector-general of police in charge of the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) to place their officers on “high alert”.

He said all individuals engaged in the sale or abuse of the naira notes issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should be prosecuted.

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