Lagos Police Nabs Man For Allegedly Producing Fake Foreign And Local Currency Worth Millions Of Naira...... Photos

Lagos Police Nabs Man For Allegedly Producing Fake Foreign And Local Currency Worth Millions Of Naira..Photos

The Lagos State Police Command has nabbed a 42-year-old man, Rafiu Olusamokun, for allegedly producing fake foreign and local currencies, which is allegedly worth millions of Naira. It was learnt that the suspect, an indigene of Owo, Ondo State, was arrested by the police in his house at Ayidolapo Street, in the Ikotun area of the state.

It was also gathered that the suspect, who was a motor mechanic before allegedly venturing into production of fake currencies, worked with some people who were still at large.

Here's what he told a Punch correspondent;

 “I met those people early this year. I was working as a motor mechanic, and I just ran into them. They said they recently returned from Europe. When I visited them at a hotel in the Bar Beach, Victoria Island area, they brought out the samples of the currencies they had, and said I could produce same if I wanted to become wealthy.

“I was immediately interested. A friend, Sule Sulaimon, who went with me, also became interested. Their leader said all I needed to do was to purchase the chemicals from them. He said I should bring N1m, but I eventually paid N650,000 for the chemicals.

“I did not know the samples they gave me were fake; the papers looked so original. I first gave him N400,000, and then N250,000. He said I could reproduce as much hard currencies as I wanted from the materials I had.

“The currencies recovered from my house runs into millions, but I was not through with the reproduction. If I had finished with it, I would have been a wealthy man. I would have evaded the arrest.

The Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigations were over.