The Kano Hisbah Board said on Friday that it
arrested 15 young women for alleged
prostitution during the Eid-el-Kabir festivities
in Sabon Gari area of Kano, the state capital.
The Public Relations Officer of the Board,
Malam Yusuf Yola, told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that the defaulters had
been charged to court. He said that members
of the Hisbah corps also arrested “deviant
youths’’ during the festivities. Yola said that
apart from those arrested for prostitution,
more than 40 male and female youths were
also picked up during the festive period for
“misconduct’’ at places of leisure across the
state. According to him, the parents of some of
those arrested were invited to the board for
discussions and advice and most of the youth
were later released. “For those who had
mischievous haircuts, the board made sure that
they had clean haircuts before they were
released. (NAN)
arrested 15 young women for alleged
prostitution during the Eid-el-Kabir festivities
in Sabon Gari area of Kano, the state capital.
The Public Relations Officer of the Board,
Malam Yusuf Yola, told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that the defaulters had
been charged to court. He said that members
of the Hisbah corps also arrested “deviant
youths’’ during the festivities. Yola said that
apart from those arrested for prostitution,
more than 40 male and female youths were
also picked up during the festive period for
“misconduct’’ at places of leisure across the
state. According to him, the parents of some of
those arrested were invited to the board for
discussions and advice and most of the youth
were later released. “For those who had
mischievous haircuts, the board made sure that
they had clean haircuts before they were
released. (NAN)