TikTok Star Muhammad Kabir Jailed For Naira Abuse

• Muhammad Kabir, has been sentenced for abusing and mutilating the Nigerian Naira.
• The conviction was secured by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Muhammad Kabir, a TikTok user, has been sentenced by Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court in Kaduna for abusing and mutilating the Nigerian Naira.

The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured his conviction.

Kabir was arrested on Tuesday, May 29, 2025, at Tudun Wada, Kaduna State, after posting a video on his TikTok and Instagram page @youngcee0066. In the video, he sprayed Naira notes on the floor, stepped on them, and made utterances in Hausa while daring the EFCC to come and arrest him at his known location.

He was charged with 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.”

Kabir pleaded “guilty” to the charge when it was read to him, leading the prosecution counsel, M.U. Gadaka, to ask the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.

Justice Aikawa sentenced Muhammad to six months imprisonment or to pay a fine of Three Hundred Thousand Naira (₦300,000) to the Federal Government of Nigeria.