NSCDC arrests two with fake naira notes in Ogun

Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ogun state command, at the weekend arrested two suspects: Ademola Abiodun and Ajarat Sulaiman with fake naira notes

Confirming the arrest in a statement, the Command spokesman, Kareem Olanrewaju said the attention of its official on surveillance was drawn to a mob action around Vespa bus-stop area of Ifo, in Ifo local government area of the state.

According to the statement, “The first suspect, whogave his name as Ademola Abiodun, a 28-year-old man residing at Ajiboye street, Ile-Epo, Lagos state, bought food from a vendor hawking food around the bus stop.

“He in turn paid the food vendor with a five hundred naira note which the food vendor rejected, saying it was a fake note and this brought a hot argument between them, thereby attracting other people.

“The people having got wind of his tactic descended heavily on him until he confessed that, he is in Ifo to meet up an appointment with a woman friend. They asked him to call the woman on phone.

“The 30-year-old woman, of Ajilogba, Aso area, Ifo, Ogun state honored the call and when she arrived, the mob pounced on her too beating them thoroughly and were about to burn them with tyre when NSCDC officials on patrol arrived the scene.