Nigeria, July 7 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Benin Zonal Directorate, has secured the convictions of 10 people for naira abuse in separate cases before the Federal High Court in Delta and Edo states.

The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement posted on its official Facebook page on Monday.

According to the EFCC, the convicts are Lucky Onoberhie, Happy Isioma, Friday Ehiedu, Collins Albert, Okorie Builder, Ernest Achieme, Isicheli Chijioke, Nwosu Davison, Enadegh Agbonmware and Lucky Osaro.

The commission said the defendants were prosecuted for tampering with the naira by spraying it while dancing at social events, an offence under Section 21(3) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007.

One of the ch...