Kano state film censorship board bans movies showing kidnapping and drug addiction scenes

The Kano state film censorship board has banned screening or selling of movies showing kidnapping and drug addiction scenes to contain the crime rate in the state.

Ismaila Naaba Afakallah, executive secretary of the board, broke the news in a statement on Tuesday.

According to him, the ban also affects movies showing scenes involving people snatching mobile phones.

“Henceforth, we will not allow films displaying Kidnappings, drug addiction, and GSM phones snatching which has now taken a toll on Kano residents,” it read.

Naabba said the measure became imperative to reduce the possibility of young people adopting criminal acts in the state.

He added that some youths who are exposed to such movies may be tempted to replicate such acts when they see their favorite actors indulging in such.

“Not every young man has the tenacity of understanding fictitious films’ actions. Somebody might mistake it as a reality and may go-ahead to practice it, therefore, we must act now before it is too late,” it added.

The development comes amid the rising cases of drug addiction and theft of mobile phones and other valuables in the state.

In other news,  the wife to the Governor of Kano State, Hafsat Ganduje, was reported by her son Abdulazeez before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over fraud.

It was gathered that the governor’s wife had refused to honor the invitation of the anti-graft agency.

According to Premium Times, Mrs. Ganduje was invited to report last Thursday to the Abuja headquarters of the EFCC.

It was gathered that Abdulazeez reported to the anti-graft agency that he was approached by a property developer to help facilitate the acquisition of some plots of land in Kano with some hundreds of thousands of US dollars and at least N35million as “facilitation commission.”