The Ahmed Halilu-led Nigeria Security, Printing and Minting, popularly called MINT is in deep waters and doing everything to cover tracks of its perennial corruption and wastefulness. This time, according to information unveiled by LeadingReporters, posh cars acquired for top management staff have been relocated and hidden away from the MINT main factory to a secret corner in Tawada Nigeria Limited.
The latest moves follow the invitation of the top management staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria and its affiliate, the Nigeria Security, Printing and Minting (MINT), by the Department of State Security Services DSS.
Recall that DSS arrested the Governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Godwin Emiefele following reports of untamed corruption that characterized his leadership. Others, invited include the former Managing Director of Nigeria Security, Printing and Minting Abbas Umar Masanawa. The duo of Emiefele and Masanawa were arrested and detained. Masanawa has been however granted conditional bail while investigation continues, according to information available to this platform.
Others invited by DSS are the Deputy Governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the current Managing Director of MINT, Ahmed Halilu.
A close source who is in the know informed this platform that no sooner Halilu was questioned and interrogated by DSS than he ordered that the vehicles, previously parked conspicuously in MINT factory be relocated to a more inaccessible corner in their subsidiary company, Tawada Nigeria Limited.
The source said that Mr. Halilu is covering all tracks that may lead to more discovery of the perennial anomaly that has characterized MINT, including a missing N25 billion which allegedly missed from the coffers of MINT.
Halilu, whose tenure has elapsed is one of the Central Bank Governor’s associates who joined him from the Zenith Bank. He took over as the Managing Director when his predecessor, Abbas Umar Masanawa resigned to contest for the governorship election of Katsina State.
Mr. Masanawa worked with Emiefele in Zenith Bank, just like Mr. Halilu and allegedly use his personal company called Preferred Global Company Limited to corner billions of Naira from MINT into secret accounts in Zenith, against the Code.of Conduct Act.