Magistrate Court compels Kano TikTokers to marry within 60 days or face contempt
By Ishaya Ibrahim
A magistrate, Halima Wali, has ordered two TikTokers, dris Mai-wushirya and Basira Yar-guda, to be married within 60 days or risk contempt of court.
The court’s order followed recent viral videos by the TikTokers, which the state Films and Censorship Board deemed ‘immoral’ and ‘indecent.’
The Magistrate also ordered Hisbah to oversee the wedding. But some clerics said the order is against their religion which forbids marriage by compulsion, per Qur’an 4:19 which states: “O you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion…”
But Hisbah has since revealed that the relatives of the groom have responded to the order. However, they are still waiting for the parents and relatives of the bride from Zamfara State for their consent before the wedding.
The two TikTokers were recently arraigned in court for allegedly producing and distributing obscene content on social media.
Mr Mai-wushirya was earlier remanded in prison after the clips showing him engaging in what authorities described as “immoral and demeaning acts” with the female content creator went viral.
The state censorship board stated that the videos violated state laws prohibiting the production and distribution of sexually suggestive or obscene materials.
The hisbah commander, Aminu Daurawa, said hisbah had invited the parents of the TikTokers as part of the wedding arrangements, as directed by the court.
Mr Daurawa said the relatives of the groom have responded to the invitation. However, they are still waiting for the parents and or relatives of the bride from Zamfara State for their consent before the wedding.
Mr Daurawa said the intending couple will undergo a medical check-up and drug test as mandated by Kano State laws before finalising the wedding.
The hisbah can finalise the wedding in two weeks, announcing that a volunteer has deposited N250,000 as bride price as part of his donation.
