“No fixed account was ever opened or authorised by anyone, neither was there any N20 billion kept anywhere.”
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s newly-launched e-Naira will not affect deposits of commercial banks, says a financial expert and chief consultant, Biodun Adedipe.
“You are the greatest security for yourselves because when you are sensitised, you will be able to identify them the moment you see it.”
“The impostor handle and fraudulent persons have been posting messages related to the eNaira with the intent of wooing unsuspecting Nigerians.”
CBN warned users of the eNaira website to defend it against any “action, cause, claim (and) damage” in the event they experience losses.
The CBN said, “the eNaira and Naira will have the same value and will always be exchanged at 1 naira to 1 e-Naira.”
The application for the eNaira was downloaded more than 5,000 times within hours of the launch.
The Nigerian leader launched the country’s digital currency platform in Abuja on Monday.
Sources said the meeting was to put final touches on the digital currency ahead of the Monday launch.
Several victims on social media detailed how they lost between low five figures to as high as N500 million.
