Naira Abuse: Kaduna Court Jails TikToker

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By JUMOKE SANNI

The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of one content creator on tiktok and Instagram, Muhammad Kabir before Justice R.M.Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna for abusing and mutilating the Naira.

Kabir was arrested on Tuesday May 29th, 2025 at Tudun Wada, Kaduna State for making a video on his tiktok and Instagram @youngcee0066 page while spraying the Naira notes on the floor, matching on them and making utterances in Hausa language and daring the EFCC to come and arrest him in his known location.

He was subsequently arrested for violating the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Act which prohibits the abuse and mutilation of the Naira.

His one- count amended charge reads: “That you Muhammad Kabir Sa’ad (a.k.a youngcee0066)(M) sometime in 2025 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did unlawfully mutilate Naira by stepping on the Naira banknotes while making a social media video and posting same on the internet and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 21(3) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007 punishable under Section 21(1) of the same Act.

The defendant pleaded “guilty” to the charge when it was read to him, prompting the prosecution counsel, M.U Gadaka to pray the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.

Justice Aikawa however sentenced Muhammed to six months (6) imprisonment or to pay a fine of the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Naira (N300,000.00) to the Federal Government of Nigeria.