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OSUN State Police Command on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 sets up a Taskforce to arrest and prosecute any Point of Sales (POS) Operators, Filling Station attendants who engaged in sale or abuse of Naira notes within its jurisdiction in Osun State.
This was contained in a Press Release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Yemisi Opalola available to SOJ WORLDWIDE.
The statement warned anyone who indulge in sale, spraying or abuse of Naira would henceforth will be arrested and be prosecuted.
FULL TEXT:
“In compliance with the Federal Government’s policy and the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, directives to uphold the provisions of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007 and dignify Nigeria’s currency, the Osun Police Command is using this medium to warn members of the public who are into this unethical behaviour, especially Point of Sales (POS) operators and Filling Stations to jettison such, as the police Command has emplaced an Intelligence unit of the Command to arrest and subsequently prosecute such individuals or groups engaged in the sale or abuse of the Naira notes issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
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The Commissioner of Police has equally directed the Area Commanders, and Divisional Police Officers to carry out full enforcement of the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007 which criminalizes amongst other things, the hawking, selling, trading, spraying, matching, falsifying or counterfeiting of bank notes, refusal to accept the Naira as a means of payment, tampering with the Naira notes issued by the CBN.
The Police Command therefore, enjoins members of the public to cooperate with the Police to ensure violators are brought to book.”
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