Man Arrested For Impersonating Emir Of Kano, Sanusi With 262K Followers On Instagram
The Kano State Police command has apprehended a 20-year-old man for allegedly impersonating the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II online. Report has it that the young man who is very active on social media - presented himself to be the Kano monarch on Instagram and have accumulated about 262,000 followers.
The young man was eventually arrested after months search and manhunt.
He is currently helping the police with investigation.
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, had last year disassociated himself with social media accounts allegedly opened in his name. Sanusi said in a statement in Kano that he never authorized any person or organisation to open an Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or any other social media account nor post any message on his behalf.
He explained that this should put to rest series of calls and inquiries to the office of the Emir on some purported malicious and fake social media accounts in the name of the monarch. He lamented that the fraudsters have remained unrelenting in their nefarious activities.
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