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The Kano State Hisbah Board has detained and charged popular TikToker Abubakar Ibrahim, also known as Alameen G-Fresh, with ''promoting immoral behavior'' on social media platforms.
Mallam Abba Sufi, the board's Director General, confirmed the arrest in a statement made on Sunday, June 2, 2024, saying the board had previously warned G-Fresh not to upload immoral information.
Recall that in March 2024, the Hisbah Board initiated a manhunt for G-Fresh and five other well-known Kano TikTok users accused of uploading sexual information online.
Sufi stated "We have called him for counselling several times. We advised him to stop posting immoral content online, but he didn’t listen,”
Also confirming the arrest, the Officer-in-Charge of the Surveillance Unit of the board, Aliyu Usman, said operatives of the unit picked up G-Fresh at his residence located in the Badawa area on Sunday around 1 pm.
“He has been hiding for long and we have been extending invitations to him. I personally have called him on the phone several times, telling him to come for counselling based on the instructions of the Commandant General but he refused,” he said.
“We have no option but to go after him and arrest him. He is now in our custody after we got him today (Sunday) in his room and he is undergoing investigation.”
Usman added that the Tiktoker was arrested for making inappropriate remarks, reciting Fatiha, the first chapter of the Holy Quran, improperly during the last Sallah celebration.
