A Kano State Magistrate Court has ordered public flogging for two tiktokers, Mubarak Isa Muhammad and Nazifi Muhammad Bala for defaming the character of the State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The verdict was given by Aminu Muhammad Gabari, on Monday.
Muhammad and Bala are to receive 20 lashes each.
The duo are also to sweep the premises of the court and keep the toilet facility clean for 30 days.
The verdict was given after they pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of defamation and inciting public disturbance.
CEOAFRICA had reported that Muhammad and Bala had reportedly made snide remarks against Ganduje in videos posted on their Tiktok accounts alleging that the Governor “does not see a land without selling it” and “he sleeps a lot.”
The prosecutor from the Kano State Ministry of Justice, Barrister Wada Ahmad Wada, had applied for a summary trial against the duo and at the proceeding on Monday, the presiding magistrate Gabari ordered the respondents to pay a fine of N10,000 each for defaming the character of the Kano State Governor and another N10,000 for inciting public disturbance.
Gabari also ordered them to tender a video apology to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on their social media.