Jigawa State Hisbah orders the immediate closure of all beer parlors and prostitution spots during the month of Ramadan.
The state’s Hisbah commandant, Ibrahim Dahiru, who stated this in an interview on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, said the move is part of the corps’ efforts to stem social vices during Ramadan. Ibrahim explained that the Hisbah corps has conducted sensitization for commercial sex workers and alcohol sellers. “We have gone round to such areas across the state and warned the perpetrators of the offences to quit their illegitimate businesses during this holy month of Ramadan or leave the state.”, he said. The Hisbah commandant declared that operatives would embark on general patrol to arrest those who ignored the order.
The Kano State Hisbah Board said the items were destroyed to strengthen its fight against the importation, selling, and consumption of alcohol, which is contraband in the state. Sheikh Sani Harun Ibn-Sina, Hisbah’s Commandant who disclosed that they received an order from a court to destroy the alcohol, said they won’t relent in the fight against acts that are contrary to the teachings of Islam. Sani said; “There is a law that prohibits the importation, selling, and drinking of alcohol and all other similar intoxicants in Kano State, and as such we will always work hard to ensure that the law is followed to rid the state of the harmful substances. This is not the first time we are doing this. In the first instance, we destroyed about one million bottles. In the second phase, we destroyed around two million bottles, and now we are destroying 2.5 million bottles.”