Kano TikToker Abusalma Remanded In Prison For Calling Anti-Hunger Protest

Kano-based TikToker, Junaidu Abdullahi, popularly known as Abusalma, has been arrested and remanded in prison custody after posting a viral video calling for widespread protests against the economic hardship in the country.

According to reports, security agents detained Abusalma on Friday. He was subsequently arraigned in court and remanded in a Kano prison.

LEADERSHIP recalls that some youths scheduled to hold a protest tagged #EndBadGovernment and have gained traction in the North.

Abusalma, who is obviously in support of the planned action, made a now-deleted video, saying that any Islamic cleric who spoke against the planned protest should be pulled down from the pulpit.

“Any religious leader who spoke against peaceful protest over hardship, then he is not part of those suffering.

“And whoever stops you from expressing your grievances to your leaders through peaceful protest as provided by the constitution, I swear he is not among those who can’t afford a sack of maize at N100,000.