The Kano State Hisbah Board says it has arrested another set of 22 beggars for violating the State Anti-begging Law in Kano metropolis.
Kano State Hisbah Sharia Police
The Public Relations Officer of the Board, Malam Mohammed Yusuf, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Kano. He said out of the 22 beggars, 11 were females while the remaining 11 were children who engaged in begging in hotels and brothels along Katsina road.
According to him, the board has screened those arrested and released the first timers among them on bail.
He added that all those found to be habitual beggars were referred to the board’s legal department for further legal action. The spokesman also said that the board had received 277 different cases out of which over 150 were on marital matters.
About Hisbah Sharia police
The implementation of Islamic Sharia Law across the twelve northern states of Nigeria, centres upon Kano, the largest Muslim Husa city, under the feudal, political and economic rule of the Emir of Kano.
Islamic Sharia Law is enforced by official state apparatus including military and police, Islamic schools and education, plus various volunteer Militia groups supported financially and politically by the Emir and other business and political bodies. Fanatical Islamic Sharia religious traditions are enforced by the Hispah Sharia police.
Delinquency is controlled by the Vigilantes volunteer Militia. Activities such as Animist Pagan Voodoo ceremonies, playing music, drinking and gambling, normally outlawed under Sharia law exist as many parts of the rural and urban areas are controlled by local Mafia, ghetto gangs and rural hunters. The fight for control is never ending between the Emir, government forces, the Mafia and independent militias and gangs. This is fueled by rising petrol costs, and that 70% of the population live below the poverty line. Kano, Kano State, Northern Nigeria, Africa.
Credit: newsverge
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