Murja Kunya, a popular comedian, was arrested by police at Kano’s Tahir Hotel.
The police apprehended the Kano-based young lady while she was attempting to book rooms for her guests who had traveled long distances for her well-publicized birthday celebration.
A Sharia court had written to the Kano State Commissioner of Police in September last year, ordering the arrest and investigation of Miss Kunya and other TikTokers for ‘corrupting the morals of the society.’
Mr 442, Safara’u, Dan Maraya, Amude Booth, Kawu Dan Sarki, Ado Gwanja, Ummi Shakira, Samha Inuwa, and Babiana are among the other TikTokers mentioned in the letter.
“Sequel to the complaint lodged by Muhd Ali Hamza Esq, Abba Mahmud, Esq, Sunusi I. Umar Esq, Abba, A.T Bebeji Esq, B.I Usman Esq, Muhd Nasir Esq, L.T Dayi Esq, G.A Badawi & Badamasi Suleiman Gandu Esq, I am directed by the presiding Upper Sharia Court Judge, Bichi Division Kano to write and kindly request you to conduct investigation against the above-mentioned suspects for proper action,” the letter read in part.
In November 2022, a Kano senior magistrate’s court sentenced two young men, Mubarak Isa and Nazifi Bala, to 20 strokes of the cane and 30 days of community service for making a TikTok comedy skit on the governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje.
