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2023 Election

#NigeriaDecides: ICPC Arrests Man Carrying N2 Million To Politician

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Barely hours before the presidential election, the Bauchi State office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a man identified as Hassan Ahmad.

Naija News reports that Hassan was arrested on Friday over the possession of N2 million cash in both old and new currencies amidst the cash crunch being witnessed in the country.

The spokesperson for the ICPC, Azuka Ogugua, in a statement on Friday night, disclosed the suspect was arrested by the troops of 33 Artillery Brigade on ‘Operation Safe Conduct’ deployed to Alkaleri in Bauchi State.

According to him, the suspect has been handed over to the Bauchi State office of the anti-graft agency.

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He added that further investigation by the commission is ongoing, as the suspect had confessed that the money was being moved to Gombe State for a politician.

Ogugua said: “Ahmad was in possession of N900,000 cash in new naira notes and N1.1million in old naira notes and the funds were being conveyed in a tinted black Hilux vehicle with registration number JMA 85 AZ.

“The funds, which were packed in a ‘Ghana Must Go’ bag, comprise six bundles of N1,000 new notes of N600,000, six bundles of N500 new notes of N300,000, and old two hundred naira notes of N1.1 million.”

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