Thirty-four (34) suspected commercial
sex workers have been arrested by officials of the Jigawa State Shari’a
Enforcement Command (Hisbah) that also confiscated 147 bottles of beer in
Kazaure Local Government Area of the state.
The Hisbah Commander in the state, Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, who
disclosed in an interview, yesterday, in Dutse disclosed that the suspects were
apprehended in a raid by Shari’a enforcement agents at Gada area of Kazaure. He
said that: “Today; at about 5:00 AM, our men carried out a raid at the popular
Gada joint in Kazaure LGA. “During the raid, 34 suspected commercial sex
workers and three men were arrested for alleged immoral acts”. Dahiru revealed
that 147 bottles of assorted beer and one sack of empty beer bottles were
recovered in the raid.
The commander added that one suspect (name withheld) was also
arrested in a similar operation in possession of 94 cans of beer in Jahun Local
Government Area of the state. According to him, the suspects had been charged
to the Upper Shari’a Court, Kazaure. The commander admonished the people to
desist from engaging in immoral acts, adding that the continue command did not
relent in its campaign against vices and alcoholism. “We’re using this
opportunity to remind people that consumption of beer remains prohibited in the
state,” he added.
