Filmamakers in Kano are dissociating themselves from Rahama Sadau, a Kannywood actress, who posted controversial pictures on social media.
The motion Potion Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MOPPAN0, an umbrella body of northern filmmakers (popularly known as Kannywood), said in a statement that it was deeply concerned about the recent pictures shared by Sadau on the social media.
The said pictures, Al-Amin Ciroma, the national public relations officer of the association, said, were trending on various social media platforms.
He said, “The post has however sparked a lot of criticism, which resulted to blasphemous comments against the holy Prophet of Islam- Muhammad (SAW) on twitter and other social media handles.
“This, according to the MOPPAN national secretariat, is condemnable and unacceptable. It will be recalled that on 2nd October, 2016, the apex body of northern filmmakers have suspended the embattled Sadau, in violation of the association’s rules and regulations for immoral behaviours leading to ‘on-screen hug with certain hip-hop star, Classic.”
According to Ciroma, “After two years into the suspension, the Kano State Censorship Board (KSCB), throughbits boss, Mallam Isma’il Na’Abba Afakkallah, on 8th January 2-18, gave Rahama an unconditional pardon, to join her peers in Kannywood, a move that was countered by the state’s branch of MOPPAN, on 15 January, 2020 by its chairman, Mallam Kabiru Maikabba.”
He said, “In this prevailing circumstance, MOPPAN is hereby re-iterating its intitial stand on Rahama Sadau, and calling all other Kannywood guilds and association to ensure compliance.
“It also calls on all professional bodies in Kannywood, the Hausa communities and the Diaspora, to note that it has dissociated itself from Rahama’s insolence.”
