{"id":23974,"date":"2022-11-07T13:59:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23974"},"modified":"2022-11-07T13:59:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:59:42","slug":"nigerian-tiktokers-sentenced-to-whipping-for-mocking-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/11\/07\/nigerian-tiktokers-sentenced-to-whipping-for-mocking-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian TikTokers sentenced to whipping for mocking official"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two TikTok stars in Nigeria have been sentenced to a whipping and forced to clean the court after they used social media to mock a government official.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mubarak Isa Muhammed and Muhammed Bula were found guilty of defaming Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the northern state of Kano.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The pair’s lawyer said they would not challenge the judgement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nigeria has seen a growing number of social media stars who use comedy to comment on social and political issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mubarak Isa Muhammad and Muhammad Bala were arrested last week after posting their video – in which they mocked the governor for alleged land grabbing, corruption and sleeping on the job – to TikTok and Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prosecution lawyer Wada Ahmed Wada said the men had defamed the governor and that their action was capable of disturbing public peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They pleaded guilty and asked for leniency, but the judge ordered them to be given 20 lashes each, to pay a fine of 10,000 naira (\u00a320) and to clean the court premises for 30 days. They were also ordered to publicly apologise to Mr Ganduje on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Their lawyer, Bashir Yusuf, told the BBC they would not challenge the judgement, given it was a ”non-custodial” sentence – meaning those convicted would not be jailed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nigeria has seen a rapid increase in TikTok users in recent years, particularly among young people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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These users sometimes mock public figures, including government officials, by clipping images or videos, often to create comedies that attract massive followers to their accounts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kano State, a Muslim-majority part of northern Nigeria, is among about a dozen states in the region that practise the Sharia legal system alongside the country’s secular laws. Only Muslims can be tried in Sharia courts.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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