Kano Hisbah Dismisses Officer For Taking Bribes From Hoteliers To Avert Raid

The Hisbah Board in Kano State, also known as the ‘Sharia Police’, has dismissed an officer for alleged compromise and sabotage of the Board’s effort in the fight against immorality and social vices in the state.

The Board also said five other officers were placed under investigation.

The Commander General of Hisbah, Sheikh Aminu Daurawa, made this known on Tuesday while speaking with journalists, stating that the dismissed personnel colluded with bad elements to perpetrate unholy acts in the state.

According to him, “we have dismissed a Deputy Superintendent of Hisbah, DSH and declared him wanted. Wherever he is found, he should be arrested. He connived with the hotel operators so that their hotels would not be raided by Hisbah in the course of its operations.

“When we carried out the raid operation, the hoteliers where such atrocities are carried out become jittery that Hisbah has changed. They paid him money not to carry out operation on their hotels. There was one among the hotel operators who asked us what do we want them to do for us to support us. And we told him the government saddled us with the responsibility and we are responsible. So he was asking that why will he give Hisbah money and they suddenly turned their back on him and carry out raid operation on his hotel?

“We have five other officers also under investigation.

“We don’t just carry out raid, but we ensure people of community file their complaints and signed by at least five persons. We also carry out surveillance by sending officers to carry out surveillance to ascertain the truth of the information available, then we notify the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the area to get a back-up and liaise with the court,” Sheikh Daurawa stated.