Court convicts Tiktoker of naira abuse
A social media content creator, Muhammad Kabir, has sentenced to six months imprisonment for naira abuse and mutilation based on a video he uploaded to social media as established by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Penpushing reports that a statement by the commission on Thursday said the judge, Rilwanu Aikawa sentenced the Tiktoker after he pleaded guilty to one count of naira abuse preferred against him by the anti-graft agency.
The statement, however, explained that the sentenced was with an option of N300,000 fine, recalling that the prosecution said the offence violated Section 21(3) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, and punishable under Section 21(1) of the same Act.
‘Section 21(3) of the Act criminalises the spraying, dancing or matching of the naira notes, while section 21(1), which is the penalty provision, prescribes not less six months imprisonment or a fine not less than N50,000 or both fine and imprisonment for anyone found guilty of the offence’, the statement reads.
Penpushing further reports that it is recalled that Sa’ad was arrested sometime this year after he uploaded a video clip via his TikTok handle and Instagram account @youngcee0066 showing him throwing naira notes on the floor and stepping on them.
The convict speaking in Hausa in the video clip, was said to have challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officers to arrest him if they could, and thereafter the operatives of the agency in Kaduna traced the social media content creator and picked him up at Tudun Wada, Kaduna State, for questioning.
Penpushing also reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in its statement on Thursday said Sa’ad earlier pleaded not guilty to the naira abuse charge read to him.
The counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) M.U Gadaka, thereafter urged the court to convict and sentence him, and the judge having affirmed his guilt subsequently sentenced him.
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