Al'amin Umar

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After months of investigating, we exposed an exploitative Hausa Telegram network selling child sexual abuse material.

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Inspiration: The Hausa Telegram Network Selling Child Sexual Abuse Material

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[Nans, Esq. @nansbello]

when should we expect official investigations to commence regarding the Hausa Telegram Network that has been exposed by the HumAngle investigative reporting to be selling Child Sexual Abuse Materials???
@naptipnigeria @PoliceNG @OfficialDSSNG

[Just woke up washed @zafuhrer]

Wow, this is not even behind any encrypted wall like the pedos on the dark web. It’s literally garden variety social networking app that every tom, dick and harry uses.

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A search through Truecaller, a popular caller identification service, returned the name of one of those selling child sexual abuse content on Telegram as “Fatima Mahmud”. One result was not enough, so we cross-checked the same number against Nigerian online banking applications, including OPay and PalmPay, both of which use registered phone numbers as account identifiers and display the associated account name before a transfer is completed. Both returned the same name. For the first time, the investigation had connected one of the network’s most active operators to a real-world name, confirmed through two independent verification methods.

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[Shaheedah @SwitSlim]

Really crazy how this is happening so openly on such public platforms. Incredible journalistic work by HumAngle they have exposed these sinister networks. It is now up to @naptipnigeria and the @NigerianPolice to take action.

[Nana @kilishi_kween_]

Not long ago, Sheik Daurawa complained about these kind of networks. Staff of Hisbah went as far as infiltrating them just to make some arrest and they were successful.

The problem is there are thousands of similar networks. Where do we start fighting this degeneracy?

[桜 🌸 @Aisha_Bawa]

Where’s the outrage?

[Aishatu @Aishasuleiman__]

11 hours later, zero outrage, we sure as hell pick what we want to get mad at!

[bara @bara_spacesolns]

There is so much evil in the world, my goodness.

[SarauniyaLittafi @noellaNtea]

The worst thing I have never expected to see😥😰

[Haych @leschique]

I'm not even the least bit surprised.

Try asking a question on Google search in Hausa and see what the common buzzwords are.

The degeneracy is enormous.

Maybe because they assume that what they do online is hidden, so it's the perfect place to be as nihilistic as possible.

When we talk about #ArewaMuFarka, these are some of the difficult conversations we need to have as a community.

[aisha(mrs)🇵🇸 @intaa_0]

Enough internet for me today. May Allah curse all those involved

[ENGR @ENGRxxd]

I don’t know if anyone else read this article but this is devastating. It’s cringe and anyone who is behind those accounts should be tracked and handed to the authorities.
There are children being paraded like objects to pedophiles who are despicable. Reading this upset me so bad

[Ahmad Salkida @A_Salkida]

HumAngle's investigation exposes a brutal truth. We are failing our children long before they become victims. Predators are building markets around their abuse while our institutions, platforms, and collective conscience look away. Every delayed response creates another victim. Child protection cannot remain a slogan. It must become a national emergency.

[ama2 @kazadakaza]

super disturbing! ban da revenge porn yanzu har da child abuse 🤦‍♀️ this is crazy!

[🇵🇸رشفات من المعرفة(Mrs) @FadimatuAmeen]

Ina defenders din arewa? The ones that shout cewan mun raina arewa ne shiyasa komai muke sukan arewa. You people are not ready for the rot that is about to be exposed!

[Medatanai Ōu🔻 @ashita_valdez]

What's even worse is the thought that she could possibly get away with it. There's a very high chance that she's a major distributor in the chain rather than the original creator, especially given the poor attempts to cover her tracks.

Museebah! Museebah!

[Al'amin Umar @AU_Marte]

@Shukri_ibm Not just haram, but harm. The investigation made one thing clear: there is a significant number of people with pedophilic tendencies, and this network was built precisely to profit from that. Allah ya tsare mana yara da en uwa.

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