{"id":3841,"date":"2010-06-02T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.com\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2010-06-02T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T15:34:00","slug":"defamation-hausa-filmmakers-sue-kano-censors-board-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.net\/?p=3841","title":{"rendered":"Defamation: Hausa Filmmakers Sue Kano Censors Board Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the Kaduna State Filmmakers Association yesterday dragged the Director-General of Kano State Censorship Board, Malam Abubakar Rabo Abdulkareem, to a magistrate court in Kaduna over alleged criminal defamation of character and inciting the public to violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a complaint charge filed before Chief Magistrate Nasiru Idris Lere of Magistrate Court 1, Ibrahim Taiwo Road, Kaduna, six filmmakers argued that a television interview granted by Rabo to the DITV station in Kaduna a fortnight ago had ridiculed their image and lowered their reputation in the eyes of the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rabo was quoted to have told the TV station in a live broadcast that Hausa moviemakers were now engaged in the production of pornographic films and that the people of Kaduna State should rise against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He reportedly claimed to have bought a copy of such pornographic movies in Unguwar Sarki area of Kaduna metropolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Describing the censorship board chief&#8217;s assertion as false, the plaintiffs said such statement was capable of inciting violence in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHis statement that people should rise against us has made our members to live in constant apprehension for fear of being attacked by the public,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rabo\u2019s allegation was contrary to sections 392 and 114 of the penal code, they added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complainants consist of executive committee members of the Kaduna filmmakers association. They are: Ashiru Sani Bazanga, Rabi\u2019u Mohammed Rikadawa, Aliyu Abdullahi Gora II, Sulaiman Sha\u2019ani, Aminu Musa Carlos, and Jamilu Adamu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LEADERSHIP learnt that the court summons, which was endorsed by a magistrate in Kaduna, was received by Rabo yesterday in his office situated within the Kano State-owned City Television in Hotoro, Kano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hearing comes up tomorrow in Kaduna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Relations between the Kano State Censorship Board and Hausa filmmakers has been frosty since Rabo\u2019s appointment by Governor Ibrahim Shekarau in 2007 following the Hiyana scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many artistes and producers were either jailed or heavily fined for one offence or the other by the censors board\u2019s mobile court in Kano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rabo was sued by the Kano State Filmmakers Association last year over comments he made against them in a radio interview, but the case did not go far, with the filmmakers alleging that it was frustrated in the courts by the state government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written by Abdulrahman Tonga, Kaduna<br>LEADERSHIP<br>Tuesday, 01 June 2010 19:14<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div><p id=\"pvc_stats_3841\" class=\"pvc_stats total_only  \" data-element-id=\"3841\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/ibrahimsheme.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Kaduna State Filmmakers Association yesterday dragged the Director-General of Kano State Censorship Board, Malam Abubakar Rabo Abdulkareem, to a magistrate court in Kaduna over alleged criminal defamation of character and inciting the public to violence. 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