Fifty-five people have
been arrested and convicted by the Kano State Hisba Board (KSHB) for consuming
alcohol during the ongoing Ramadan fast.
According to the board’s Director-General,
Abba Sufi, the convicts were apprehended last week after several hideouts in
the state were raided.
“All
the 55 persons were sentenced to four months imprisonment without option of
fine in order to serve as deterrent to others who might contemplate doing same.
“From
those arrested, 50 of them were married men while the remaining five were
women."
“Even
if we are not in the month of Ramadan, nobody should take alcohol because the
state is implementing Sharia law,” Sufi said.
Sufi
also said 400 beggars were arrested for violating the anti-begging law.
“We
arrest beggars on daily basis but we release first offenders after warning.”
The Director- General warned that any
person caught in the business of begging would be arrested and charged to
court, while beggars from other states would be repatriated.
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