TaylorSwift 162,340 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Two TikTok stars in Nigeria have been sentenced to a whipping and forced to clean the court after they used social media to mock a government official. Mubarak Isa Muhammed and Muhammed Bula were found guilty of defaming Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the northern state of Kano. The pair's lawyer said they would not challenge the judgement. Nigeria has seen a growing number of social media stars who use comedy to comment on social and political issues. Mubarak Isa Muhammad and Muhammad Bala were arrested last week after posting their video - in which they mocked the governor for alleged land grabbing, corruption and sleeping on the job - to TikTok and Facebook. Prosecution lawyer Wada Ahmed Wada said the men had defamed the governor and that their action was capable of disturbing public peace. They pleaded guilty and asked for leniency, but the judge ordered them to be given 20 lashes each, to pay a fine of 10,000 naira (£20) and to clean the court premises for 30 days. They were also ordered to publicly apologise to Mr Ganduje on social media. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-63545821 https://store.taylorswift.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 All TikTokers should be sentenced to whipping tbh. Its destroying civilisation. sorry for these folks. i thought nigeria was supposed to be somewhat progressive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilMonst3r 5,681 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, bionic said: All TikTokers should be sentenced to whipping tbh. Its destroying civilisation. sorry for these folks. i thought nigeria was supposed to be somewhat progressive What led you to think they were slightly progressive? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyanLights 15,576 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 lets not get off topic here guys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,842 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Clearly excessive punishment. No one should ever be whipped  However I feel only partially sorry for them. Ppl gotta learn that just cuz it's online doesn't make it nice or ok to mock people and be disrespectful  Given hes an official and political stuff applies, it's different if ur criticizing policies. But u still shouldn't mock someone as an individual Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat 18,962 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Where did my comment go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaxboy 6,904 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Oh Lorde. Don’t give Elon Musk any ideas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeldeFaith 5,747 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, skaxboy said: Oh Lorde. Don’t give Elon Musk any ideas. I CAME TO COMMENT THIS!!!  The fact that republicans act like this is what's happening to them every time they get called out for being horrible on social media. Can I vanish into a cheeseburger pizza? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suuus 5,632 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Economy said: Clearly excessive punishment. No one should ever be whipped  However I feel only partially sorry for them. Ppl gotta learn that just cuz it's online doesn't make it nice or ok to mock people and be disrespectful  Given hes an official and political stuff applies, it's different if ur criticizing policies. But u still shouldn't mock someone as an individual Maybe it was just their way of commenting on political issues Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,842 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Suuus said: Maybe it was just their way of commenting on political issues Imo it should never be personal. There's a civilized way to criticize. Getting person is what Trump does and I don't agree with it. I find it childish and disrespectful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suuus 5,632 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 10 hours ago, Economy said: Imo it should never be personal. There's a civilized way to criticize. Getting person is what Trump does and I don't agree with it. I find it childish and disrespectful What trump did was also disrespectfull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,842 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Suuus said: What trump did was also disrespectfull And Im not disputing that  But I simply don't believe in using ones bad actions to justify doing the same Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suuus 5,632 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 6 hours ago, Economy said: And Im not disputing that  But I simply don't believe in using ones bad actions to justify doing the same Im sorry but trump was asking for it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,842 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Suuus said: Im sorry but trump was asking for it He was. Doesn't mean u have to Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suuus 5,632 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Economy said: He was. Doesn't mean u have to I never said that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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