Bauchi government raids club, beer parlours, seizes 260 crates of alcoholic drinks
The Bauchi Hisbah Board has confiscated 260 crates of alcoholic drinks from hotels and night clubs to enforce the state’s Sharia Islamic code.
Aminu Balarabe, the commissioner in charge of Hisbah and Sharia implementation, disclosed this on Tuesday.
According to him, the Hisbah confiscated 216 crates in Misau local government area and 44 in Bauchi club and beer parlours located in Dass park in Bauchi metropolis.
“We will continue to beam our searchlight to unravel perpetrators of such misdemeanours,” he said.
He said the board would soon seek a court order to destroy the items as the subsisting Sharia law implemented in 2003 prohibits sales and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
Mr. Balarabe, who displayed the confiscated drinks on the board’s premises, explained that at least six operators of beer parlours were arrested and would soon be prosecuted.
He added, “The only places where sales and consumption of alcoholic drinks are allowed are military and police barracks, national parks. We are fully committed to implementing our mandate.”
(NAN)
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