Hisbah Detains Actress Sadiya Haruna For Uploading ‘Sexual Content’ On Social Media

Kano State Hisbah Board has arraigned a Kannywood actress, Sadiya Haruna, for “uploading sexual contents on her social media handles”.

According to Daily Trust, Sadiya Haruna was initially arrested on Friday by the Head of Surveillance Department of Kano State Hisbah Board, Malam Aliyu Usman.

She was then detained in the custody of the Islamic police until early Monday when she was brought before the Sharia court sitting in Sharada area of the state.

The First Information Report (FIR) filed against the actress had it that she has been consistently posting indecent videos in which she was seen dancing seductively and making sexual comments on her social media handles and YouTube channel.

Sadiya Haruna 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.

Justice Danzaki also said that her Islamiyya attendance will be monitored by the school head teacher and the Hisbah command.

KanyiDaily had also reported how Kannywood actress, Hadiza Gabon confronted and beaten up her colleague, Amina Muhammad, for accusing her of being a lesbian.