A magistrate court in Kano has handed an unusual ruling ordering popular TikTok creators Mai Wushirya and Basira Yar Guda to formalise their relationship through marriage within 60 days, following their arrest over viral videos described by authorities as “immoral and demeaning.”
The pair were detained by the Kano State Censorship Board after clips showing Wushirya shirtless and expressing affection toward Yar Guda, a woman with dwarfism, circulated widely online.
The board argued that the videos violated existing censorship laws against the production or distribution of obscene or sexually suggestive content.
After his arrest, Wushirya was arraigned before the magistrate court and remanded in a correctional facility pending trial.
In a ruling delivered on Monday, Magistrate Halima Wali directed the Hisbah Board to oversee the wedding process between the two influencers.
She also instructed the Chairman of the Kano State Films and Video Censorship Board to supervise compliance, warning that failure to conduct the marriage within 60 days would amount to contempt of court.
The decision has stirred nationwide debate, with legal experts and social commentators questioning whether a court can compel marriage as a condition for moral rehabilitation.
The development underscores Kano’s ongoing moral enforcement drive, as state authorities continue a sustained crackdown on entertainers and social media figures accused of promoting indecency or breaching censorship regulations.
In recent months, several TikTokers, skit makers, and musicians in the state have been sanctioned, detained, or forced to apologise publicly for what regulators describe as violations of cultural and religious norms.
