The Kano State Hisba Board has arrested a 22 year-old man, one Idris Abba Zailani, who dressed in women’s clothes and alleged to have deceived several men in Kano.
This is contained in a statement by the board’s Commander General, Sheik Harun Ibn Sina and made available to newsmen in Kano, today.
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He said the young man, who changed his name from Idris Abba Zailani to Aisha Mohammed, was apprehended on Saturday evening along with 26 ladies and 9 young men at the Kano zoological garden during a raid.
He said the raid was carried out following a surveillance report on the area where young ladies and men hiding under the cover of visiting the zoo, engage in various immoral acts.
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According to Ibn Sina, luck however ran out of Zailani when one of the female operatives asked him to remove his head tie and brassiere.
The Commander General said during interrogation, the suspect said he came Kano to visit his elder sister but could not locate her house at Sheka area in the metropolis.
“The raid is part of the operation we normally conduct after the Ramadan period to check immoral acts being perpetrated by youths especially during the Eid-el-fitr celebrations.
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“As you know Hisba board is meant to check immorality and other social vices in the society,” the Commander General said.
He said after investigation, all the suspects would have to go for HIV AIDS test before being released to their parents while Zailani would be handed over to police for further investigation and prosecution.
