Hisbah, the Sharia law enforcement agency in Jigawa State said it has impounded a salon vehicle transporting 389 bottles of beer in the state.
The state’s Hisbah Commander, Ibrahim Dahiru, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Wednesday.
Dahiru said the vehicle was impounded during a raid at about 10 a.m. on October 1, in Hadejia Local Government Area of the state.
The Hisbah Board, the Sharia police in Jigawa State, on Monday said it arrested 21 people for allegedly engaging in immoral acts. The board also confiscated 111 bottles of beer.
The Hisbah Commander in the state, Ibrahim Dahiru, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse, said the suspects were arrested in Kazaure Local Government Area of the state.
Dahiru said that operatives of the command carried out the raid in the early hours of Monday at the popular Gadar Kazaure joint.
He explained that during the raid, 14 suspected commercial sex workers and seven men were arrested.
The Kano State Government has said that the ban of alcohol sales in the state does not contradict Nigeria’s constitution.
Dr. Abba Sufi, Director-General, Kano State Hisbah Board, an agency of the state government made the comments while responding to questions surrounding the recent seizure and destruction of over 30 trailer loads of beer in Kano State during the Christmas period.
The Kano State Hisbah Board has seized and destroyed more than 30 trailer loads of beer.
The Board’s Public Relations Officer, Malam Adamu Yahaya, disclosed this in a statement in Kano on Tuesday.
Yahaya said that the cartons of beer were destroyed on Monday evening after interception at Kalebawa on Danbata Road in Dawakin Tofa area.
