Nigerian Lawyer, Stan Alieke, has warned against making money cakes, or bouquets, stating that it is a criminal offense and punishable by law.
He gave this warning in a statement via his Instagram story on Friday, as Nigerians gear towards celebrating Valentines day.
Alieke stated that this offence is punishable with a jail term of at least 6 months, and urged Nigerians to find other ways to express love to their partners today.
According to him, ignorance of the law is not an excuse.
He wrote, “Making of money cakes, money flowers or money bouquets are all criminal offences punishable with at least six months jail term as provided in S 21 of the CBN act 2007.
So if you have a money cake/money bouquet as one of the Valentine gifts you intend to gift your partner today, know that you may land yourself in jail and ignorance of the law is not an excuse.”
