The Commandant, Kano State Hisbah Board, Dr. Haruna Ibn-Sina, says 39 teenagers had been arrested over alleged involvement in immoral acts in Kano metropolis.
The immoral acts are banned under Sharia law operating in Kano state.
In a statement by Mr. Lawal Ibrahim, Public Relations Officer of the board in Kano the suspects were apprehended on Sunday, between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. in Burji Kwanar Kwankwaso, Madobi Local Government and at a facility called fine-time restaurant in Nasarawa, selling intoxicants, dancing indecently and group chatting on WhatsApp.
They said Out of the 39 suspects, 16 were females, 23 males aged between 18 and 20 years. The suspects were properly screened and we found out that all of the teenagers are first-timers”.
The statement said the arrest was based on reports from residents in the area that different kinds of people congregate in the place to engage in unlawful acts.
It added that the commandant called their parents and handed the offenders over to them after a caution.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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