A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has sentenced a make-up artist, Abdullahi Huseini, also known as Amuscap, to 6 months imprisonment for abusing and mutilating the Nigerian currency.
Justice S.M. Shuaibu handed down the sentence after Huseini pleaded guilty to a one-count charge bordering on the abuse of the naira, brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The charge read, “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.”
Huseini, who was arrested by the EFCC following credible intelligence, was said to have defaced and abused the Naira during his wedding celebration. (Punch)