Five Female Currency Hawkers Arrested With N1.5m In Ogun State (Photo)

 

Luck has ran out on five women for allegedly hawking naira notes in different parts of Ogun State.

 

The suspects - Toyin Alegbe, Kehinde Akinbode, Shoneye Latifat, Kehinde Olanrewaju and Iyanuoluwa Shokunbi - were arrested in Ijebu Ode, Sagamu and Abeokuta during sting operations jointly carried out by the operatives of the command and officials of Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th of April 2018.

 

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the operation was in line with the provisions of Section 21(1) of the CBN Act 2007 which made hawking, selling and abuse of naira a punishable offence.

 

He said various denominations of naira notes totaling N1,560,000 were recovered from the suspects who were publicly exhibiting their illicit trade.

 

The suspects, he said, would be charged to court soon.