A popular TikTok skit maker, Murja Ibrahim Kunya, has been arrested by the police in Kano State.
Murja was arrested at the Tahir Hotel in Kano while trying to book rooms for her guests who came from different places to attend her much-publicised birthday party.
Meanwhile, Kano State Police Command in a statement by the spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa has confirmed the arrest.
According to Kiyawa, the Kano State Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Dauda has ordered that the suspect undergo psychiatric evaluation.
Murja was arrested for allegedly using vulger language and corrupting the morals of the society in her videos.
Her arrest followed a request from a Shari’ah Court in Bichi to the state’s commissioner of police to arrest and investigate her alongside other TikTok users.
The other TikTok users included in the request letter were Mr 442, Safara’u, Dan Maraya, Amude Booth, Kawu Dan Sarki, Ado Gwanja, Ummi Shakira, Samha Inuwa and Babiana.
The letter reads partly: “Sequel to the complaint lodged by Muhd Ali Hamza Esq, Abba Mahmud, Esq, Sunusi I. Umar Esq, Abba, A.T Bebeji Esq, B.I Usman Esq, Muhd Nasir Esq, L.T Dayi Esq, G.A Badawi & Badamasi Suleiman Gandu Esq, I am directed by the presiding Upper Sharia Court Judge, Bichi Division Kano to write and kindly request you to conduct investigation against the above mentioned suspects for proper action.”
