Fifty five people have been jailed in Kano for alcohol consumption during the on-going Ramadan fasting.
According to the Director-General of the State’s Hisba Board, Alhaji Abba Sufi, the convicts were apprehended last week following raids on their hideouts by the state’s sharia police.
Another 27 have been arrested but were yet to be charged to court.
Speaking to NAN, he said: “All the 55 persons were sentenced to four months imprisonment without option of fine in order to serve as deterrent to others who might contemplate doing same. From those arrested, 50 of them were married men while the remaining five were women.
“Even if we are not in the month of Ramadan, nobody should take alcohol because the state is implementing Sharia law”.
He added, that the board would continue to raid the hideouts with a view to arresting offenders.
Four hundred beggars were also arrested for violating the state’s anti-begging law.
“We arrest beggars on daily basis but we release first offenders after warning.” Sufi said, warning that anyone caught in the business of begging would be arrested and charged to court, while those from other states would be repatriated.
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