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Video: Terrorists Brandish Wads of New Naira

Malik Yahya/

A notorious terrorist leader, Machalla Baleri, has been seen in a viral video displaying wads of new naira notes amid a scarcity of the naira.

The bandit leader, in an unverified video released online, yesterday day, claimed that he had enough of the new naira notes.

Baleri, who spoke in the Hausa language in the two minutes 20 seconds video clip, claimed he had up to N10 million of the new naira notes.

Kachalla was one of the 19 bandits/terrorists kingpins that were declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters in November 2022.

The military high command also placed a N5m bounty on each of them to encourage Nigerians to volunteer information that could lead to their arrest.

In the viral video seen by NewsmakersNG, today, Kachalla and his gang members who spoke in the Hausa language, could be seen displaying some currency notes.

Daily Trust had on January 26 reported that some bandits rejected a N5.3 million ransom which was paid to them with the old naira notes, saying the deadline for their usage was fast approaching.

The newspaper learnt that the leader of the bandits, who raided Azara, Janjala and Kadara communities in Kaduna State on December 12, 2022, and kidnapped 37 people, asked the relatives of the victims to return the old naira notes when they brought them for ransom payment.

Instead, he requested foodstuff, drugs and wine before freeing two nursing mothers and three men among the abducted 11 people from Azara community in Kachia LGA.

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