Hisbah arraigns Kannywood actress, Sadiya over media sexual content

The Kano State Hisbah Board has arraigned a Kannywood actress and social media blogger, Sadiya Haruna, for allegedly uploading sexual contents on her social media accounts.

Daily Trust reports that Sadiya, a resident of Kabuga Quarters in Kano, was initially arrested on Friday by the Head of Surveillance Department of Kano State Hisbah Board, Malam Aliyu Usman.

The actress was then detained in the custody of the Islamic police until early Monday, August 23, when she was brought before the Sharia court sitting in Sharada area of the state.

According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed against her, she was alleged to have consistently posted indecent videos in which she was dancing seductively and making sexual comments on her social media handles and on her YouTube channel.

The accused person pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of obscenity and indecent act, which contradicts section 355 of Penal Code Law 2000.

The presiding judge, Justice Ali Jibril Danzaki thereafter convicted her and ordered that her to be attending a Darul Hadith Islamiyya session at Tudun Yola Quarters for a period of six months as the sentencing for her offence.

He also said that her Islamiyya attendance would be monitored by the school head teacher and the Hisbah command.