The
Faggae Outpost of the Kano State Hisbah Board (Sharia Police) on
Monday said it had commenced the prosecution of 11 women for allegedly
engaging in social vices.
Malam
Salisu Umar, the Commander, Special Services of the board, told the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that the suspects were apprehended
around the Sabongari area in the metropolis.
He said they were arrested during a special patrol conducted by the Fagge local government office of the Board.
Umar
said the suspects were found drinking alcohol, smoking cannabis and
romancing with men other than their husbands or close relations, which
is contrary to the Sharia legal system.
He
said the state had been practicing the Islamic legal code that
prohibits such illicit attitudes, stressing that the board would
intensify its efforts to patrol identified flash points.
“The suspects
are females between the ages of 21 and 24 and were apprehended around
midnight at beer parlours in Faringida and Abedie Road in Sabongari,’’
Umar said.
“We have brought them before a competent Sharia court for prosecution,” he said.
Umar
explained that the suspects were screened and taken to court and they
were now awaiting trial at the Central Prisons, Kano, as their case was
adjourned till Nov. 14th, 2016.
He
said the board would not condone any act of immorality, stressing that
it would arrest and prosecute whoever engages in such vices.
Umar noted that four out of the suspects were divorcees with kids, while one of them was carrying a three-month-old pregnancy.
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