thank you Azizi. I came to Mudcat to make another post on this thread because there is more news relayed by H-Net:

*Press Release*
At an emergency meeting held at the Bayero University Kano, today, July 8,2009, the Association of Nigerian Authors Kano State Branch frowns at thearrest of one of its members Alhaji Aminuddeen Ladan Abubakar (ALA) overthe alleged release of a song that has not been censored by the Kano State Censorship Board.

The Association is seriously looking at the implication of the arrest which is seen as an attack on liberty and freedom of expression. The Association has observed that the authorities in Kano are hostile to art and literature. This action and other past actions of the authorities are seriously undermining the position of Kano State as the leading centre oflearning, art and literature. The Association wishes to advise the authority to be cautious on the way it handles the matters of authors and other producers of art. Art andliterature are part and parcel of every society and no society can do without it.

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Yusuf M Adamu
Alh. Balarabe Sango II Branch Chairman/Public Relations Officer