According to a report by AFP, police who enforce Islamic law in Kano have arrested 150 people in the last week, including for indecent dress, as part of a crackdown on immorality. From AFP
Some people in Nigeria’s second city have been picked up for sporting hair styles inspired by prominent international football players, said Mohammed Yusuf Yola, spokesman for Kano’s sharia police, or Hisbah. Others were thrown in jail and fined for wearing their trousers too low on their waists, mimicking a style that became prominent in the 1990s, partly through the influence of some American hip hop artists.
The arrests have followed an order by Kano state Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to cleanse the city of immoral practices and the trend is set to continue in the weeks ahead, said Hisbah Director-General Abba Sufi. The Hisbah is a state police force funded by state govt and is not part of the federal police.“We have arrested 150 men and women in the past week, including prostitutes and their boyfriends, transvestites, alcoholics and those engaged in indecent dressing in contravention of the sharia legal code,” Yola told AFP.
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- Vincent Smart Ajulo and Jimoh Wilson like this.
Luweeza Vihimnga Gbe Is that the best that governor can do? I'm sure pant sagging or weird haircuts isn't the most dire problem the people of that state are facing. I guess the bomb and bullets dropped there are the norm.Misplaced priority is killing us in nigeria.
- Aduku Ameh Mayor @ Madam Gbe, These unethical vices could lead to unrest. I think it's in order. Good job Gov. Kwankwaso!
- Luweeza Vihimnga Gbe @ ameh, I don't understand your comment. What unethical vices? I sure as he'll know no one is resting over there except the dead. Our leaders dabble in what's none of their business to hoodwink us into thinking they are actually doing something worthwh...See More
