They Gave Each Of Us 100,000 Old Naira Note And Pray For Us – Passengers Recount Encounter With Terrorists

The Naira redesign Policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria seems to be having a debilitating effect on the monetary power of terrorists in the North Eastern part of the country.

Passengers who had encounters with some of the deadly group have recounted how the terrorists gifted each of them huge amounts of money when they ran into them along the highway.

According to the report on Daily Trust, the errorists belonging to the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) distributed hundred thousand old Naira notes to scores of commuters in the Lake Chad Basin ahead of the deadline of the CBN for the Naira swap.

The incident occurred along Maiduguri/Monguno highway on Saturday, January 28, in Guzamala LGA of Borno State.

Eyewitnesses disclosed that the ISWAP members were dressed in military camouflage and drove two gun trucks.

A resident, Bakura Ibrahim, said the insurgents positioned themselves under a tree and stood by the roadside with bags of old naira notes.

He said; 

“We left Monguno at about 12 noon. As we approached Mairari, there were no existing checkpoints in the area; we were apprehensive.

“They stopped us and asked if we were going to Maiduguri, then they started giving each person 100,000 old naira notes, but we could not believe it. They gave each occupant of the Golf Volkswagen money.”

Another source said; 

 “The group simply told us, “If you think you can go to their banks and change it to new naira, go and do so; may Allah make it beneficial to you.”