The
Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested popular TikToker Abubakar Ibrahim,
who is famously known as Alameen G-Fresh on charges of ‘’promoting
immoral behaviour” on social media platforms. The
Director General of the board, Mallam Abba Sufi, who confirmed the
arrest in a statement on Sunday, June 2, 2024, said the board had
previously issued several warnings to G-Fresh to desist from posting
content deemed immoral. Despite
these warnings and multiple counselling sessions which were ‘’aimed at
guiding him towards acceptable social media behaviour,” the board said
G-Fresh continued to publish the contentious material. “We
have called him for counselling several times. We advised him to stop
posting immoral content online, but he didn’t listen,” Sufi stated. Also
confirming the arrest, the Officer-in-Charge of the Surveillance Unit
of the board, Aliyu Usman, said operatives of the unit picked up G-Fresh
at his residence located in the Badawa area on Sunday around 1pm.  “He
has been hiding for long and we have been extending invitations to him.
I personally 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,” he said.  “We
have no option but to go after him and arrest him. He is now in our
custody after we got him today (Sunday) in his room and he is undergoing
investigation.” Usman
added that the Tiktoker was arrested for making inappropriate remarks,
reciting Fatiha, the first chapter of the Holy Quran, improperly during
the last Sallah celebration.  Recall
that the Hisbah Board in March 2024, launched a manhunt for G-Fresh and
five other well-known Kano TikTokers accused of sharing explicit
content online. The
individuals targeted included Murja Ibrahim Kunya, Abubakar Ibrahim
(G-Fresh), Sadiya Haruna, Ashiru Idris (Maiwushirya), Ummee Shakira, and
Hassan Makeup. The board asserted that the actions of these social media influencers violated its extant laws and regulations.