Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kano has convicted and sentenced a Make-up Artist, Abdullahi Musa Huseini (a.k.a Amuscap) to six months imprisonment for Naira abuse.
He was jailed after pleading guilty to one-count charge
bordering on abuse and mutilation of the Naira.
The charge reads: “That you, Abdullahi Musa Huseini, on the
6th day of December, 2024, at Ali Jita Event Centre, Kano, within the
jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social event
tampered with the sum N100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) in 1000 notes
denomination issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying in the said
occasion and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under
Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007".
Upon arraignment, Huseini pleaded guilty to the charge,
prompting the prosecution counsel, Zarami Mohammed, to present the facts of the
case and tender evidence before the court.
Delivering judgment, Justice Shuaibu found him guilty as
charged and sentenced him to six months imprisonment without an option of fine.
The convict was arrested following credible intelligence on
his involvement in the deliberate mutilation of the Nigerian currency by
spraying it at his own wedding celebration.
Investigations revealed that Huseini willfully defaced and
abused the Naira notes in defiance of warning and campaigns against the
practice by the EFCC.
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