The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested no fewer than 52 commercial tricycle operators popularly known (Yan Adaidaita Sahu) over alleged “immoral haircuts”, selling illegal drugs and substances as well as mixing opposite genders in their vehicles.
The tricycle riders were apprehended by operatives of the Hisbah command from different parts of Kano city.
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Recall that the Hisbah command had recently launched an exercise tagged “Operation Kau da Badala”, (Operation fight against immorality) in a bid to sanitize Kano state from immoral activities such as prostitution, drug abuse, selling and consumption of alcohol among other acts.
The Deputy Commander-General of Hisbah Sheikh Dr Mujahid Aminuddeen, who addressed the 52 tricycle riders urged them to be good ambassadors of Islam and Kano State by shunning social vices.
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He said among the alleged offenses of the tricylists include “immoral hair cuts, riding around wearing only shorts, using objectionable posters on their vehicles, mixing unrelated men and women, selling illegal drugs, and conveying women to places where they engage in immoral acts”.
“As Muslims, we would not accept this behaviour and activities of the tricycle riders. That is why we brought you here in order to admonish you on the negative implications of these acts on our religion and culture as people of Kano,” he said.
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According to him, the operation would continue in order to check such illegal activities among the tricyclists with a view to arresting the recalcitrants among them.
It was gathered that the tricycle riders were taken to the board’s headquarters, where they were admonished by officials and later released.
