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Hisbah Arrests 11 People In Kano For Not Fasting

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5 years ago

April 17, 2021

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Shariah police officials of the Kano State Hisbah Board have arrested eight women and three men for eating during Ramadan.

They were arrested in a raid by Hisbah personnel at Tudun Murtala of Nassarawa Local Government and Sharada area of Kano Municipal where they were found eating.

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The Acting Commandant General, Musa Kibiya, said that the board made the arrest after getting some information from the residents of the two areas at different times.

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“The residents of the area feed us with information and when we went to Tudun Murtala we found five women and three men eating in a broad daylight.

“At Sharada, we were able to arrest three women.”

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He added that what those people did is against the teaching of Islam.

But the arrested people denied committing what they were accused of, saying they have their reasons for that.

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The girls said that they did not fast because they were seeing their period, a circumstance that disallows fast.

Dr Kibiya said that the board will carry out investigation into the matter to find out those with a genuine reason for not observing the fast.

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He added that the board will continue with the raid on other places in the state to fish out those who don’t want to observe the fast.

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