Kano TikToker remanded over indecent video with woman
A popular TikToker in Kano, Ashiru Idris, also known as Maiwushirya, has been remanded in prison custody on the orders of a Magistrate Court for allegedly posting indecent videos involving a dwarf woman on social media. The presiding Magistrate, Halima Wali, of Magistrate Court No. 7, ordered that the suspect be kept in custody for […]
A popular TikToker in Kano, Ashiru Idris, also known as Maiwushirya, has been remanded in prison custody on the orders of a Magistrate Court for allegedly posting indecent videos involving a dwarf woman on social media.
The presiding Magistrate, Halima Wali, of Magistrate Court No. 7, ordered that the suspect be kept in custody for two weeks pending the continuation of the suit instituted against him by the state Film and Video Censorship Board.
Officials of the Censorship Board had last week arrested Idris after videos went viral online, showing him shirtless engaging in what authorities described as “immoral and demeaning acts” with the unidentified woman.
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The Board said the videos contravened the state’s censorship laws, which prohibit the distribution of obscene or sexually suggestive materials.
The Censorship Board’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Sani Sulaiman, said the court also ordered the appearance of the woman involved in the videos at the next sitting.
“The court has directed that the woman should appear before the next hearing. We had earlier asked the suspect to help us locate her, but he refused. Now that the court has issued the order, we’re confident of finding her,” he said.
Sulaiman further disclosed that the woman is believed to have fled to Zamfara State, but efforts are ongoing to ensure her return to Kano to face trial alongside the TikToker.