The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has refuted allegations of naira abuse at a wedding ceremony in Kano, Kano State, on Friday, October 24, 2024.
While sharing video clips on Friday, several social media users alleged that the naira was abused at the wedding of Mrs. Fauziya Danjuma Goje, daughter of Senator Danjuma Goje.
However, in a statement signed by Dele Oyewale, Head, Media & Publicity of the EFCC, the commission disclosed 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.”
The Commission noted that after scrutinising the video and interrogating Hajara Seidu Haruna, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Hafsat Jewellery Enterprise, she confirmed that the Naira abuse took place at her daughter’s wedding.
However, she mentioned that the abusers of the Naira notes were the groom’s friends and family members who are Nigeriens and have since returned to the Niger Republic.
The Commission, however, informed the public that it 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 EFCC statement reads, “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 Senator Danjuma 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.k.a. 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 the Niger Republic, and those that allegedly sprayed naira notes and dollar bills were from the groom’s family in the 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.
“While the EFCC appreciates the consciousness its campaigns against naira abuse are 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.”
