The Federal High Court sitting in Kano, Kano State, on Friday convicted and sentenced a popular TikToker in the state, Abubakar Ibrahim, alias ‘G-Fresh,’ and famous Kannywood musician, Hamisu Sa’id, also known as ‘Hamisu Breaker,’ for abusing the Naira.
They were jailed upon their arraignment by the Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge each, bordering on the abuse of the Naira notes, contrary to Section 21(1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, 2007.
According to EFCC, G-FRESH, sometime in November 2024, in a shop belonging to female TikToker Rahma Sa’idu at Tarauni Local Government Area of Kano State, while dancing, sprayed and matched on 1,000 Naira notes denomination totalling ₦14,000 issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The commission said that by that, he committed an offence contrary to Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.
It also said the musician, Hamisu Breaker, sometime in November 2024 at Hadejia, Jigawa State, while dancing during a social occasion, tampered with the sum of ₦30,000.00 of ₦200 denomination issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same on the said occasion, an offence contrary to Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.
They both pleaded guilty when their charges were read to them.
Based on their separate pleas and the evidence presented by the EFCC’s counsel, presiding judge, Justice S.M. Shuaibu, pronounced the defendants guilty as charged.
He convicted and sentenced each of them to five months’ imprisonment with an option of a fine of ₦200,000.00 each.
