The Kano State Hisbah Board, has solicited the support of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, zone one, AIG Sadik Abubakar Bello in the fight against illegal sales of drugs and consumption of other intoxicants in the state.
This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the board, Lawan Fagge and made available to newsmen in Kano on Monday.
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According to Fagge, the Board’s Commander General, Dr. Harun Ibn Sina made the request when he led his management team on courtesy visit to the AIG zone 1, Kano.
He pointed out that Hisbah is among the key relevant stakeholders established to maintain law and order in the state.
The Commander General noted that the aim of the visit was to fine-tune modalities on how to curtail crime and criminality in the state.
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He maintained that the aim was to strengthen relationship between the two organisations with a view to achieving the desired objective.
Ibn Sina identified some of the responsibilities of Hisbah which include: prevention of crime and criminalities, Mediation between Married couples, traffic control, enforcing the law banning prostitution, rescue of victims during accident among others.
Responding, the Assistant Inspector General of Police zone one Kano, AIG Sadik Abubakar Bello assured his support to the Board, describing the Board as partner in progress towards eradicating all social vices in the state.
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He maintained that the Zone one is saddled with the task of overseeing security situation as well as protecting lives and property in two states; Kano and Jigawa state respectively.
He assured that his door is always open for Hisbah officials whenever the need arises.
