Habiba Garba

Habiba Garba, a female Nigerian politician badly beaten by a local MP is standing by the publication of a revealing photograph showing her injuries in a hospital bed.But Kano State authorities say they have received complaints the picture breaks Muslim rules about nudity. Habiba Garba told the BBC she wanted people to see the reality of violence against women in northern Nigeria. Labaran Abdu Madari, who beat Mrs Garba in front of witnesses and police last week, is in jail and yet to be charged.The BBC's Mustafa Muhammad in Kano says the state-owned Triumph newspaper, which published the picture showing Mrs Garba's injuries, has a very small circulation and few people in Kano have heard about the incident. Kano is one of 12 mainly Muslim northern states to have implemented Sharia law since Nigeria's return to civil rule in 1999. But he says the editor of the paper may come under some pressure from government to resign for publishing it.