The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested one ABDULMUMINI MAIKASUWA, a 52-year-old man, for attempting to circulate fake $4,760,000.
NDLEA spokesperson, FEMI BABAFEMI, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday.
He said operatives of the agency intercepted the money sent from Lagos to Abuja at the Abaji area of the federal capital territory (FCT) last Friday.
The federal government has asked Nigerians to exercise patience as it finds “lasting solutions” to the scarcity of premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol in the country
Minister of state for petroleum resources, TIMIPRE SYLVA made the appeal in a statement issued by HORATIUS EGUA, his senior adviser on media and communications.
The minister said the government is aware of the hardship faced by Nigerians as a result of the scarcity.
The Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), ACP ABBA KYARI, as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) launches into the probe of the seizure of a large consignment of Tramadol, an illegal drug, in Lagos.
The alleged seizure, it was learnt, was not disclosed to the agency.
The NDLEA reportedly commenced the probe as those close to KYARI in the police were believed to be worried that more alleged illegalities linked to the team led by the police officer may be uncovered.
KYARI had been arrested last week after the NDLEA busted a drug ring operating the Brazil – Ethiopia – Nigeria route.
The agency alleged that he was a member of the syndicate and went ahead to ask a court to extend his detention to facilitate investigation into the activities of his team.
Some Nigerians have been reacting to the arrest of ABBA KYARI.
The Nigerian Air Force targeting ‘bandits’ has killed seven children and wounded five others by mistake in Niger Republic.
According to the Governor of the Maradi region, CHAIBOU ABOUBACAR, the victims are 12 children, seven of them dead and five wounded.
He said four children died instantly and three others succumbed “to their injuries while being transported to hospital.
ABOUBACAR, who said the parents were attending a ceremony and the children were probably playing when the strikes occurred, added that the planes were targeting “armed bandits” in the border areas, but “missed their target” hitting Nachade instead.
Several municipalities in the Maradi region are seriously affected by the violence of heavily armed gangs from the Nigerian states of neighboring Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara.
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