About three men, including a septuagenarian, have been sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic Sharia Court in Ningi, Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, for homosexuality.
The convicts, were identified as Abdullahi Beti (30), Kamilu Ya’u (20), and Mal. Haruna (70), were arrested by members of the HIsbah vanguard while committing the offense of homosexuality at Gwada village in Ningi LGA.
They, however, pleaded guilty to the charges brought against them.
The trial judge, Munka’ilu Sabo-Ningi, after hearing the statements by witnesses as well as admittance of guilt by the accused persons, sentenced the three suspects to death by stoning.
His judgement was based on provisions of Section 134 of the Bauchi State Penal law of 2001 as well as the provisions of Fiquhussunah Jizu’i number 2 at page 362.
In a related development, the Kano State Hisbah Board has disclosed that it working on putting measures in place to regulate social media in order to curtail immorality and bad behaviour.
Africa Today News, New York reports that the board revealed that it is working on a collaboration with Kano State Censorship Board (KSCB).
Ismail Na’abba Afakallah, Executive Director of KSCB, disclosed this in an interview with reporters on Saturday.
He said although his board is primarily for the film industry, social media, especially Tik Tok, has enabled influencers to engage in immoral and indecent act.
‘Our board and Hisbah have set up a Committee that will provide a system that will tackle this menace. It is not only Kannywood stars that are engaged in most of the immoral acts on Tik Tok, most of the people abusing it aren’t in the industry.
‘It is a global challenge. People see it as a free world where they can do whatever they like. And we cannot allow that because it would spoil the moral upbringing of our children.
‘We are concerned with influential Tik Tokers too who aren’t filmmakers because they spoil our children’s character and moral upbringing. We can’t accept you to go wayward. The platform has become a harbinger of marriage failures, waywardness among other factors.’
He expressed concern that social media platforms are primarily meant for entertainment and disseminating useful information but many people are misusing the opportunity.
