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Kano Hisbah sacks top official found in hotel room with married woman
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By Bashir Bello, Kano
The Kano State Hisbah Board has on Tuesday sacked a top official allegedly found with a married woman in a hotel room in the Sabon Gari area of the state.
Recall that sometime early this year, the official was allegedly found in a questionable manner with the married woman.
The Hisbah Public Relations Officer, Lawal Fagge confirmed the sacking of the official to Vanguard.
It was gathered that the decision followed a report by a committee set up by the board to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident. Before the incident, the official was said to be at the forefront of arresting prostitutes and other wayward girls.
Several reactions from different parts of the country trailed the news.
Kano s Hisbah Commander, Muhammed Haruna, had described the incident as unfortunate, adding that a two-man committee had been set up to investigate the matter.
It was discovered that before the incident, the official was said to be active at arresting prostitutes and others considered as going against the tenets of Islam.
Hisbah officers regularly arrest unmarried people caught in hotels, presumably for sexual activities, as part of their enforcement of the Sharia.
Established to enforce Sharia law, Hisbah recently banned stylish haircuts, sagging of trousers, playing of music at social events by disk jockeys and seized tricycles from riders for adorning them with pictures considered to be obscene and against the tenents of Islam in some states.