The
Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Police Force, have opened up on
whether it will take actions against the operators or participants of
the MMM, a Ponzi scheme.
MMM
Speaking to correspondents on Saturday, the Corporate
Communications Manager, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Naif
Abdulsalam, warned Nigerians against patronising the return of Nigeria's
most notorious Ponzi scheme, MMM, stating that its activities were not
regulated by the commission or the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Also speaking, the Nigerian Police Force Public Relations Officer,
Donald Awunah, a Commissioner of Police, told Sunday Punch on Saturday
that it does not have any directive from the government to arrest
operators or participants of the MMM.
He also explained that it would not go after operators or
participants in the scheme because no one had complained about being
swindled by the programme.
“We are not going after the operators because there is no
complaint from anyone that he was swindled by them. No one has
complained against them, so we have no reason to go after them. Also,
there is no directive from the government to arrest the operators or
shut them down,” he explained.
Recall that the MMM scheme, which was suspended by its operators in December last year, commenced operations on Friday.
The scheme directed its members to provide ‘help and get help,’
urging them to make use of the cryptocurrency, bitcoin, for their
transactions.
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