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  • Hisbah Board arrests 7,751 street beggars

    Hisbah Board arrests 7,751 street beggars

    The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 7,751 beggars for allegedly violating the law banning begging on major streets from January till date, an official said yesterday.

    Hisbah is the enforcement arm of the Shariah Law.

    The Public Relations Officer, Malam Umar Yahaya, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano yesterday that 2,476 of the suspects were children; 5,275 were adults.

    “Our men arrested 7,751 street beggars around Bata, France road,Lodge road, Nassarawa Hospital and Yankaba areas for violating the law banning street begging in Kano metropolis.

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    “Of the 7,751 beggars,5,275 are adults (both male and female), while 2,476 are children who engaged in begging in places like traffic junctions and restaurants,” Yahaya said.

    He stated that 6,261 hailed from Kano city, while 1,452 are from Bichi, Rano, Gezawa and Minjibir local government areas.

    According to him, the remaining 38 are from neighbouring Cameroon and Niger, among others.

    Yahaya said 446 of them had been charged to court, while 6,643 first-time offenders were handed over to their relatives, and 662 were repatriated to their states.

  • Kano Hisbah board received 328 cases in September

    Kano Hisbah board received 328 cases in September

    The Fagge outpost of the Kano State Hisbah Board said it had received 328 cases in September, according to an official of the board, Alhaji Salisu Umar.

    Umar, who is the Commandant, Special Service Office of the Board, said in Kano on Friday that the cases included matrimonial disputes and quarrels between neighbours.

    “The disputes relate to debts, disagreements among neighbours, breastfeeding as well as consumption of alcohol, among others,” he said.

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    The commandant said that the board was committed to its mandate of ridding the society of all ills, adding that efforts would be intensified to restore moral sanity in the state.

    He urged members of the public to support the board’s efforts at ensuring a better society.

    NAN

  • Hisbah Board in Kano arrests 55 beggars in September

    Hisbah Board in Kano arrests 55 beggars in September

    No fewer than 55 beggars were arrested in September by Kano State Hisbah Board for allegedly violating the law banning street begging.

    Malam Dahiru Muhammed of the board’s Anti-Begging Unit in the state on Friday said that 17 of those arrested were children, while 38 were adults.

    According to him, 33 of them are from the state while 22 are from Abia, Bauchi, Jigawa and Katsina States.

    Muhammed said that the arrests were carried out around Bata, France Road, Hadejia Road, Kwara and Katsina Road, all in Kano metropolis.

    He said that the board released beggars that were first offenders and those suffering from mental disorder, while others from neighbouring states were taken back to their respective local government areas.

    NAN

  • Gay wedding: Kano Hisbah arrests 12 suspects

    The Kano State Hisbah Board yesterday paraded 12 suspects for their alleged plan to contract a gay wedding.

    It was learnt that the “unholy” wedding was to take place at a resort called Hills and Valleys in Dawakin Kudu town in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area, but was averted by vigilant residents.

    The ceremony was said to be the gesture of the 20-year old “groom”, simply identified as Abba, to placate his bride, Farouk Maiduguri, in a grand style.

    Information on the “wedding” was said to have reached youths in the town when it was about to begin.

    The curious but angry youths reportedly stormed the venue in anger, finding that the event was real.

    They paraded Farouk and 11 guests but Abba fled.

    The Hisbah Board officials were said to have intervened, to prevent the situation from degenerating into a crisis.

    They arrested Farouk and the “couple’s” guests.

    Parading the suspects yesterday, the Hisbah Commandant General, Sheik Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, said the homosexuals invited their colleagues to the ceremony from various parts of the country through the social media.

    He said they would invite the parents of the suspected gays to educate them on the dangers of such an act.

    During a chat with our reporter at the Hisbah Board headquarters at Sharada Quarters, Farouk denied the allegation.