The Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, has convicted and sentenced five persons to prison for abusing naira notes by spraying them. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a terse statement via its official X handle on Friday, October 16, 2026. According to the commission, Justice F. A. Olubanjo convicted the five defendants on Thursday, October 15, after they were found guilty of a one-count charge bordering on naira abuse.
The statement reads in part: “Justice F. A. Olubanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State on Thursday, October 15, 2026, convicted and sentenced five persons to jail for abuse of naira notes.” The convicts were identified as Ekweozor Divine, Udumeluo Godwin Chukwuebuka, Kennedy Uwadia, Godstime Ogie Eghosa and Bright Barry Imade. The EFCC said the offence involved spraying naira notes, an act prohibited under Section 21(3) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007 and punishable under Section 21(1) of the same Act.
The commission stated that the five defendants “were convicted on one count charge for offence bordering on spraying of naira note”.
