WORRIED by growing insecurity in the country, especially in the Northern region, the Kano State government has announced stringent measures to stem the tide of criminality and restore some sense of orderliness in the state.
Among the new measures is the banning of movies at cinemas promoting kidnapping, hooliganism, drug abuse and phone-snatchingThe Executive Director, Kano State Censorship Board, Isma’ila Afakalla, announced the decision to ban and prosecute filmmakers and television station who show movies with kidnapping and related crimes. Afakalla expressed worry over the movies which, according to him, fuel the insecurity bedevilling some parts of the country particularly, the North- West.
He said: “The board in recent times has observed an increase in the number of movies depicting kidnapping, thuggery and phone-snatching, which stakeholders describe as worrisome considering the vivid display of these criminal acts by producers of such movies believed to be causing a setback to the ongoing fight against insecurity.
“We took the decision in order to stop producers of some of the movie series shown in some of our TV stations because they show clearly how someone can mastermind the kidnap of people for ransom, snatching of phones, thuggery and drug abuse.
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