Two TikTokers have been sentenced to one-year imprisonment each by a Kano magistrates’ court sitting at No 47 in Norman’s land, Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State, for posting vulgar videos which violate religious and moral sensitivities of the state.
Ahmad Isa and Maryam Musa of Ladainai area in Hotoro Quarters were arrested by the state Censorship Board and were later arraigned before the court.
The state’s counsel, Barr. Garzali Maigari Bichi, charged them with criminal conspiracy and posting of illicit contents on the social media, to which they pleaded guilty.
The Judge, Justice Hadiza Muhammad Hassan sentenced them to one year’s imprisonment each or a fine of N100,000 each and charged them to be of good behaviour.