The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) arrested Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an Abuja-based Twitter user with the handle @SimisolaGold and the Twitter name Simisola of Lala, for offering to sell the new Naira notes on social media.
Omoseyin is yet to mention other members of the syndicate after being arrested on Tuesday, January 31.
Spokesperson for the agency, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua told newsmen that the suspect is currently in ICPC detention and is helping the commission with its findings on the criminal trading of the naira and the attendant scarcity and negative economic outcomes being caused by the action.
Ogugua said; The arrest was as a result of intelligence received which led the ICPC operatives to seek out and promptly arrest the suspect.
It is believed she is in collusion with key elements in the financial services sector diverting the newly released notes away from banking halls and payment channels into a “ black market” She is currently in ICPC detention and is helping the Commission with its findings on the criminal trading of the naira and the attendant scarcity and negative economic outcomes being caused by the action.
