CBN guard arraigned for stealing specimen naira notes

A security guard, Vatsama Danladi, yesterday appeared before Justice M. M. Kolo of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja on a four-count charge bordering on theft, illegal possession and use of specimen naira currency notes.

Danladi, a security guard with Kings Guard Security attached to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), ran into legal trouble when one of the new generation banks found 299 pieces of N1,000 notes marked “specimen” amounting to N299,000 during a process of cash count sometime in January.
On investigation, the bank, according to the Head, Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wilson Uwujaren, discovered that Danladi deposited the specimen currency notes into his account through ATM deposit machines at Karu and Mararaba branches.

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