EFCC Arrests Retired Police Superintendent, Two Others For Producing Fake Currencies In Nasarawa

Idris Yusuf, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, and two others identified as Hassan Abubakar and Ibrahim Yusuf, have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

They were arrested in Nasarawa State for currency counterfeiting.

According to a statement issued by the anti-graft agency on Friday January 20, 2023, the three suspected currency counterfeiting syndicates were arrested on Thursday, January 12, 2023, in New Nyanya, Nasarawa State, following intelligence obtained on their suspicious activities.

The statement read, “Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a suspected currency counterfeiting syndicate involving a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Idris Yusuf, alongside Hassan Abubakar and Ibrahim Yusuf.

“The trio were arrested on Thursday, January 12, 2023 in New Nyanya, Nasarawa State, following intelligence obtained on their suspicious counterfeiting activities.

“They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.”