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The operations supervisor of a business financial institution within the federal capital territory was reportedly detained by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) for hoarding N29 million of the brand new naira notes.
An official assertion from the anti-corruption company supplied extra info on the arrest on Monday.
The EFCC reported that the operations supervisor was detained as a result of he refused to deposit N29 million into the financial institution’s ATMs.
“Earlier than he was whisked away for additional questioning, the operatives ordered the loading of all of the ATMs and the fee of the stipulated quantity throughout the counter to the delight of the distraught prospects who had spent hours in queues with out getting the brand new notes,” the assertion reads.
“This discovery, which signifies sabotage of the federal government’s financial coverage by some banks, was made by the EFCC in continuation of the continued surveillance and go to to banks throughout the nation to entry their vaults and confirm whether or not they have been intentionally refusing to dispense the redesigned Naira notes.
“Greater than 5 financial institution branches have been coated as we speak by the operatives in Abuja. Comparable workouts are ongoing in zonal instructions throughout the nation.”
Two days prior, the Unbiased Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee (ICPC) arrested the supervisor of a financial institution in Osogbo, the capital of the Osun state, for stuffing ATMs with bundles of money wrapped in nylon that might not be disbursed by way of the machines.
There was a scarcity of recent naira notes in circulation in Nigeria just lately, inflicting lengthy traces at banks and automatic teller machines.
Protests have damaged out in a number of areas of the nation because of a scarcity of naira notes and the same lack of petrol.
After initially setting January 31 because the final day to trade outdated naira payments, the Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN) has now prolonged the deadline till February 10.
President Muhammadu Buhari criticized banks as “inefficient, grasping, and egocentric” on Friday, casting doubt on their dedication to the success of the naira restructuring technique.
