EFCC Arrests Content Creator Who Dared Commission To Pick Him Up After Abusing N5 In Viral Video

EFCC Arrests Content Creator Who Dared Commission To Pick Him Up After Abusing N5 In Viral Video

  • Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a social media content creator in Kaduna state
  • Muhammed Kabir Sa'ad was arrested for allegedly abusing Naira notes in a video he shared on TikTok and Instagram
  • According to the EFCC, Sa'ad dared the anti-agency officers in the Hausa Language to arrest him if they could

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Kaduna state - Muhammed Kabir Sa'ad, a social media content creator, has been arrested for allegedly abusing Naira notes in Kaduna state.

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Sa'ad in the Tudun Wada area of the state.

EFCC arrests Kaduna content creator over alleged Naira abuse
EFCC arrests content creator Muhammed Kabir Sa'ad for allegedly abusing Naira notes. Photo credit: @officialEFCC
Source: Twitter

EFCC said Sa'ad made a video of himself on his TikTok and Instagram account @youngcee0066 where he threw Naira notes on the floor and deliberately stepped on them

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The content creator dared the anti-agency officers in the Hausa Language to arrest him if they could.

The anti-graft agency made this known in a statement issued via its X handle @officialEFCC on Monday, May 5, 2025

EFCC said Sa-ad was subsequently picked up through surveillance and conveyed to the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Commission for interrogation.

The Commission vowed to charge the content creator to court upon the conclusion of his interrogation.

Nigerians react as EFCC arrests Kaduna content creator

@thealexisJnr

You looked for a problem, now you got it. How can you challenge an agency like that? Sometimes we put ourselves into a problem. What audacity.

@drpenking

Because of 5 Naira? Una just dey waste funds and productive time dey go after frivolities.

@henrie089

Imagine being arrested for abuse 5naira
5naira that nobody uses 😂😂

@SonterBaak78434

If you can arrest someone for a video made on TikTok how then you can’t arrest terrorists and bandits who flaunt the naira online? Hypocrites.

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@Abubaka7071

EFCC moved like lightning to arrest a content creator over Naira abuse, but when it’s time to go after real criminals stealing billions, they suddenly go blind. This country is a circus and the clowns are running the show.

@Macfelix4556

God forbid I get arrested for violating low currency such as naira.

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Adekunle Dada (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Adekunle Dada is a trained journalist with over 8 years of working experience. He is also a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a B.Sc. in Mass Communication from Lagos State University, Ojo. Adekunle previously worked at PM News, The Sun, and Within Nigeria, where he expressed his journalistic skills with well-researched articles and features. In 2024, Adekunle obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. He can be reached via adekunle.dada@corp.legit.ng.