The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reacted to a viral video showing the nation’s currency, Naira, being freely sprayed at the wedding ceremony of Mrs. Fauziya Danjuma Goje, daughter of Senator Danjuma Goje, in Kano State on Friday, October 24.
The agency, in a statement on Monday through its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, noted that the event had been analysed, and investigations indicated that the currency’s abuse took place at the wedding dinner of Amina Babagana Zannah, as opposed to the widely circulated reports pointing at Senator Danjuma Goje’s daughter.
To further confirm the alleged naira abuse, the mother of the host, Hajara Seidu Haruna admitted that the viral video was taken during her daughter’s event.
However, she highlighted that those who were involved in spraying the naira and dollar notes were from the Niger Republic where the groom hails from.
Meanwhile, the commission has invited Amina’s Husband, Mohammed, including all those who were captured spraying the naira notes indiscriminately at the event to its headquarters in Abuja as a step further in its fight against currency abuse.
The Statement read “The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a viral video where the nation’s currency, Naira, was freely sprayed at a wedding ceremony in Kano, Kano State on Friday, October 24, 2024.
“Allegations of the abuse of the Naira were imputed to Mrs Fauziya Danjuma Goje, daughter of SenatorDanjuma Goje, by Nigerians from all walks of life, including an Editorial by a leading and respected National Newspaper.
“As a responsible and accountable anti-corruption agency campaigning against currency mutilation and dollarization of the economy, the EFCC swung into action by analysing the video and findings showed that the alleged naira abuse actually happened but not at the wedding of Goje’s daughter but at the wedding dinner of Amina Babagana Zannah held on the afore-mentioned date.
“Zannah is the daughter of Hajara Seidu Haruna (a.ka. Hafsat Gold Nigeria) who is the Chief Executive Officer of Hafsat Jewellery Enterprise with offices in Abuja, Kano and Dubai (United Arab Emirate).
“Haruna confirmed the viral video. She admitted that the alleged naira abuse took place at the wedding dinner of her daughter on October 24, 2024. The bridegroom, Ibrahim Mohammad hails from Niger Republic and those that allegedly sprayed naira notes and dollar bills were from the groom’s family in Niger Republic.
“The Commission has invited the Nigerien groom, Mohammad, to report at its national headquarters in Abuja, with everyone that sprayed naira notes at his wedding with Zannah.
The anti-graft agency assured the general public of its readiness to carry out its duties judiciously without fear or favour while noting that crime reports would be thoroughly investigated to avoid violating human rights.
“While the EFCC appreciates the consciousness its campaigns against naira abuse is building across the country, it will not move against anyone wrongly accused of an alleged crime.
“The Commission remains steadfast in this crusade and would spare no offender, no matter how highly placed,” the agency stated.
EFCC Clarifies Alleged Naira Abuse At Senator Goje’s Daughter’s Wedding is first published on The Whistler Newspaper