A Magistrate Court sitting in Kano has ordered the remand of a popular TikTok user, Ashiru Idris, popularly known as Mai Wushirya, at a correctional centre for allegedly posting indecent videos involving a dwarf woman on social media.
The presiding judge, Magistrate Halima Wali of Court No. 7, directed that the suspect be kept in custody for two weeks pending the continuation of the hearing.
Officials of the Kano State Censorship Board had last week arrested Idris after videos showing him shirtless and engaging in what authorities described as “immoral and demeaning acts” with the unidentified woman went viral online.
The Board said the videos contravene the state’s censorship laws, which prohibit the distribution of obscene or sexually suggestive materials.
Speaking after the court session, the Board’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Sani Sulaiman, said the court also ordered the appearance of the woman involved in the videos before the next sitting.
“The court has directed that the woman should appear before the next hearing. We had earlier asked the suspect to help us locate her, but he refused. Now that the court has issued the order, we’re confident of finding her,” he said.
Sulaiman further disclosed that the woman is believed to have fled to Zamfara State, but efforts are ongoing to ensure her return to Kano to face trial alongside the TikToker.