The Kano zonal directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the convictions of 31 people involved in illegal currency trading and the abuse of the naira in three months.

The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement shared on its official X handle on Sunday.

The EFCC stated that “Between March and May 2024, the Special Task Force, instituted by the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, cracked illegal dealing and mishandling of Nigeria’s currency, and got 31 offenders jailed.”

It further revealed that the convicts were “arrested at various locations in Kano such as Wapa BDC Market, Grand Central Hotel and Lagos Street adjacent to Central Bank of Nigeria.”

The EFCC listed the convict to include: Munkaila Sani, Mohammed Sani, Muhammad Tijjani, Abubakar Yakubu Garba, Umar Mohammed, Sadiq Ahmad, Amiru Ibrahim, Usman Mahmoud Aminu, Auwal Sharubutu, Abubakar Usman, Salisu Idris, Zarahdeen Sale, Yahaya Isa, and Michael Oladipupo.

Others are: Rose Mabe Akogu, Salako Gboyega, Muktari Haruna, Ibor Ibn Mohd, Onuche Attai, Ibitoye Olanrewaju, Matthew James, Isah Ahmad, Abdullahi Isah Musa, Sagir Musa, Murtala Gambo, Abdulrahman Hassan, Nazifi Musa Isah, Usman Muhd Muhd, Najeeb Abalan, dickson Egbuka And Habib Abba.