Sharia Court Sentences Kannywood Actress To Six Months In Islamic School For Uploading ‘Sexual Content’ On Social Media

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Sharia Court Sentences Kannywood Actress To Six Months In Islamic School For Uploading ‘Sexual Content’ On Social MediaKano State Hisbah Board has sentenced a Kannywood actress and social media blogger, Sadiya Haruna, to Islamiyya school for allegedly uploading sexual content on her social media accounts.

According to Daily Trust, Sadiya, a resident of Kabuga Quarters was initially arrested on Friday by 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 Sharia court sitting in Sharada area of the state.

According to 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 attend a Darul Hadith Islamiyya session at Tudun Yola Quarters for six months as the sentencing for her offence.

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

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