Shariah is applied in 12 Muslim states of Nigeria.
In Nigeria, four young men were arrested by the Islamic
police in Kano, northern part of the country, for celebrating a marriage spoof
broadcast on Facebook Live.
The concerned, who are between 30 and 32 years, were
arrested Tuesday 9 July, 2019 in Kano, a few days after the broadcast of a fake ceremony of
union live on social networks.
The (fake) groom, Sanusi Abdullahi, confessed to having
"offered for fake" during the "online marriage", a dowry of
20,000 naira ($ 56) to a virtual friend of Facebook who is in the city of
Maiduguri, in the north-east of the country.
The sum was to be paid only if the latter moved to her "husband" house.
His three friends appeared as witnesses at the ceremony,
which they considered a "joke" between friends.
Shortly after the live broadcast of the parody, the
controversy raged in Kano, where many radical imams called for the arrest and
prosecution of young men.
They are accused of "mocking the sanctity of the
institution"
The fake groom received death threats on his mobile phone
and was attacked as he was leaving the mosque Monday night.
Sharia law is applied alongside the federal and local
justice system in 12 Muslim states in northern Nigeria.
In December 2018, Hisbah, the Islamic police arrested 11 young
women suspected of preparing a lesbian marriage.
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