8th November, 2022
By Ramatu Garba
A Senior Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Monday ordered two Tiktok skit makers Mubarak Isa and Nazifi Bala to be given 20 strokes of cane in addition to carrying out 30 days of community service for defaming Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
Isa and Bala were sentenced after they pleaded guilty the allegations that they defamed Ganduje on their Tiktok social media accounts.
They were arraigned and convicted on two-count charge bordering on defamation of character and inciting public disturbance.
The Prosecutor, Mr Wada Ahmad-Wada, had told the court that the defendants committed the offence sometimes in October 2022 on their Tiktok social media accounts.
He said that the defendants posted on their Tiktok account that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, does not see a land without selling it and he sleeps a lot.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 392 and 114 of the Penal Code.
Senior Magistrate Aminu Gabari sentenced the defendants to 20 strokes of cane and 30 days community service, including sweeping and washing toilets of the court complex at Noman’s Land.
Gabari also ordered the convicts to pay additional N20,000 fine each, make a video on social media and tender apology to Ganduje.
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