Sallah: Kano Hisbah arrests 583 youths for plaiting hair, sporting hairstyles

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The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested no fewer than 583 young men and women for alleged immoral acts during the just concluded Eid-el-Fitr celebration in the state.

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The figure was disclosed in a statement by the Deputy Commander-General of the board, Mujahid Aminuddeen, made available to journalists on Tuesday.

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“During the Sallah, our personnel were able to arrest no fewer than 583 young men and women for committing various immoral acts.

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“As you know, we deployed a total of 9,500 personnel across the state in order to check the excesses of such individuals, which yielded fruitful results,” he said.

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Aminuddeen stated that 275 commercial tricycle operators were apprehended for plaiting their hair and sporting hairstyles considered indecent and contrary to Islamic teachings.

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He added that 21 tricycle operators were also arrested for wearing three-quarter trousers, while 286 young women were nabbed for alleged indecent dressing during the festivities.

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“These young women were caught in indecent dresses that exposed their bodies in the name of fashion,” he said.

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He further disclosed that 85 tricycle operators were arrested for conveying male and female passengers together in ways deemed inappropriate.

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In addition, the board said it recovered 66 missing children during the Sallah celebrations and reunited them with their families.

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The arrests, according to the board, were part of its ongoing enforcement drive tagged “Operation Fight Against Immorality,” aimed at sanitising the stat

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