Actress Samha Inuwa gets six months jail for damaging ₦1,000 note

[Augusta]

Actress SamhaA Federal High Court in Kano has convicted Kannywood actress Saadatu Mohammed Inuwa, popularly known as Samha Inuwa, for deliberately mutilating the Nigerian currency, the naira.
Justice S.M. Shuaibu handed down the judgment after Inuwa pleaded guilty to a charge of soiling a ₦1,000 note by wiping it with her nose, an act found to violate currency protection laws.
The court sentenced her to six months’ imprisonment, with the alternative of paying a ₦200,000 fine in lieu of serving the jail term.

 

[eLdavis]

Seems this is mostly to target wealthy people, or well known people cause trust me people do this everyday but we don't see the police taking action.

 

[kit_hung]

Countries have laws that protect currencies. Actress SamhaA should have known better.