Sharia police in Kano state has successfully arrested 120
suspected prostitutes.
The group known formally as the Hisbah Board, apprehended the
suspects at a popular recreational centre in Kwanar Dawaki, just within the
outskirts of Kano.
The Hisbah operatives in a joint operation with the personnel
of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) stormed the centre and arrested
the suspected prostitutes as well as found banned substances in their custody
during the operation.
The state Director of the Hisbah Board, Dr Abba Saidu Sufi,
told journalists yesterday in his office in Kano that 20 under-age boys were
also arrested during the operation.
According to him, the arrested girls whose age range between
13, 14 and 17, noted that 19 out of them were notorious to Hisbah Board.
The Director General explained that the body was ready to
charge to court the suspects in line with the provision of “prostitution and
other Immoral acts prohibition law.”
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