Amid the ongoing cash crunch in Nigeria, the Bauchi State Office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has apprehended Hassan Ahmad for possession of two million naira in both old and new currencies. Troops of 33 Artillery Brigade Operation Safe Conduct deployed to Alkaleri in Bauchi State arrested the suspect on Friday and handed him over to the Bauchi State Office of the anti-graft agency. Ahmad had N900,000 in new naira notes and N1.1 million in old naira notes, packed in a “Ghana Must Go” bag, and was conveying the funds in a tinted black Hilux vehicle with registration number JMA 85 AZ. The funds included six bundles of one thousand naira new notes amounting to N600,000, six bundles of five hundred naira new notes worth N300,000, and old two hundred naira notes worth N1.1 million. Ahmad has admitted that the funds were meant for a politician in Gombe State.
