Kano Hisbah Arrests 20 Men, Women For Bathing Together

Twenty (20) men and women have been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested for engaging in gender-inclusive bathing in Kano.

They were arrested by men of Operation Kau Da Badala at a leisure centre located at Ring Road following complaints by residents of the area.

The Deputy Commandant General of the board, Dr. Mujahidin Aminuddin Abubakar, said, “The offence contravened the Hisbah law as it forbids mingling together of both genders inside the water to bath.”

He expressed concern over the act, which according to him, “could have been replaced with a more beneficial activity that will fetch them rewards from the almighty.”