Kannywood actress Saadatu Mohammed Inuwa, also known as Samha, has been sentenced and convicted to six months’ imprisonment for mutilating the Nigerian currency.
Justice S.M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kano, on Friday, February 13, 2026, convicted and sentenced the actress on the charges leveled against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The actress was charged with one count of tampering with a ₦1,000 note under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, 2007, according to a post on EFCC’s X handle on Friday.
The charge against the convict reads: “That you, Saadatu Mohammed Inuwa, sometime in 2022 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court tampered with Naira currency in the sum of N1000 (One Thousand Naira) note issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by soiling the same using your nose, and you thereby committed an offense contrary to section 21 (1) of the CBN Act. 2007.”
When the charge was read to her, Inuwa pleaded guilty. Following her plea, prosecutor Musa Isah outlined the facts of the case and urged the court to condemn and sentence her.
In court, the actress pleaded for clemency, claiming that she was a first-time offender with real remorse for her actions.
Justice Shuaibu sentenced her to six months in prison with an option to pay a fine of ₦200,000.
