Kano Hisbah arrests artist for reading Quran ‘wrongly’

Members of the Hisbah Command in Kano State have apprehended a TikTok personality and musician, Abubakar Ibrahim, also known as G-Fresh Al’ameen, over allegations of making inappropriate statements.

According to online reports, Aliyu Usman, an official overseeing the board’s surveillance unit, stated that G-Fresh was detained for inaccurately reciting Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Quran, during the last Sallah celebration on April 11.

Usman mentioned that the artist was taken into custody at his residence in the Badawa locality of the state and disclosed that G-Fresh is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

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Usman said,  “He has been hiding for long, and we have been extending invitations to him. I 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.

“We have no option but to go after him and arrest him. He is now in our custody after we got him in his room and is undergoing an investigation.”