Sharia court sentences Kannywood actress to six months in Islamic School

By Eloyi Matthew

A Sharia court sitting Kano state has sentenced a Kannywood actress and blogger, Sadiya Haruna, to six months in Islamic School for uploading sexual content on her social media handles.

Haruna was 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 the 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 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 her to be attending 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 would be monitored by the school headteacher and the Hisbah command.