Kano Hisbah sacks, declares officer wanted over ‘unholy acts’
The Kano State Hisbah Board has dismissed one of its commandants for compromising and sabotaging the fight against immorality and social vices.
The commandant general of Hisbah, Aminu Daurawa, told journalists on Tuesday in Kano that five other officers were also under investigation.
He explained that the dismissed personnel usually connived with “bad elements to perpetrate unholy acts in the state”.
Mr Daurawa said upon assumption of office, he hit the ground running by sanitising the board of bad eggs as the board is no longer the same as it used to be.
“We have dismissed a Deputy Superintendent of Hisbah (DSH) and declared him wanted. Wherever he is found he should be arrested and prosecuted,” said the commandant- general.
He said the DSH usually connived with the hotel operators so that Hisbah would not raid their hotels during its operations.
“They paid him money not to carry out operation on their hotel. There was one among the hotel operators who asked us what do we want them to do for us to support us.
“We don’t just carry out raids, but we ensure that people in the community file their complaints and signed by at least five persons.
“We also carry out surveillance by sending officers to conduct surveillance to ascertain the truth of the information available, then we notify the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the area to get a backup and liaise with the court,” Mr Daurawa said.
Meanwhile, the board has dismissed speculation by a Facebook user alleging that its personnel barbed the hair of a non-indigene with a bottle after it raided a brothel in the state.
The commander-general, however, admitted some mistakes by the Hisbah personnel in carrying out their operations, disclosing that the board is stepping up to correct those mistakes.
The board recently launched operations against social vices, tagged Operation “Kau da Badala”, which means operation against immorality.
During the operations, the commission raided some hotels, brothels and off-campus houses and arrested some suspects within the city, which sparked outrage in the state and beyond.
(NAN)
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