The youngster appeared in the clip with a bowl strapped beneath his arm.
Little Kano beggar smokes like Fela [Video]
Captured in a video showing a street in Kano State, was a little boy who confidently puffed smoke from a cigarette.
His firm grip on the small roll of tobacco suggests it wasn't his first time but Instagram users don't seem too surprised in their comments concerning the footage shared by an online news platform.
According to opinion, the incident is not a new thing in north-located Kano.
Other responses linked the smoking habit to hardship in Nigeria, where drug abuse has become a big problem.
NDLEA ruins supply for drug users addicted to codeine
In a bid to combat a widespread use of drugs, the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has seized 24,000 bottles of cough syrup containing codeine in Katsina State.
The seizure was confirmed by state commander, Maryam Sani. Two suspects, Christian and Obiora Chukwuma, were named in connection with the incident.
They are a pair out of six persons arrested in respect to a drug trafficking business that saw a discovery of a warehouse filled with the intoxicants.
Efforts made by a joint task force had ensured their capture says an online report.
One of the drug peddlers reportedly revealed that his involvement is limited to transportation of substance.
Nigeria seems to be falling deep into the habit of a widespread drug use fast affecting their sanity.
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