At least 52 commercial tricycle operators popularly known as Yan Adaidaita Sahu have been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board over alleged immoral haircuts, selling illegal drugs and substances and mixing with females in their vehicles.
According to The PUNCH, this was made known by the Deputy Commander-General of Hisbah, Sheikh Mujahid Aminuddeen, while addressing the 52 tricycle riders on Friday,
The tricycle riders were arrested by operatives of the Hisbah command in different parts of the Kano metropolis.
The Hisbah command had recently launch an exercise dubbef, ‘Operation Kau da Badala’, Operation Fight against Immorality which according to it, would rid Kano State of social vices and immoral activities such as prostitution, drug abuse, and the sale and consumption of alcohol, among others.
“We want to use this opportunity to appeal to you to avoid such acts and avoid acts capable of tarnishing the image of our religion and culture of the Kano people”, Aminuddeen said.
He identified the alleged offences of the tricyclists to included riding around wearing only shorts, using objectionable posters on their vehicles, mixing unrelated men and women, selling illegal drugs, and conveying women to places where they engage in immoral acts.
“As Muslims, we will not accept this behaviour and activities of the tricycle riders. That is why we brought you here to admonish you on the negative implications of these acts on our religion and culture as people of Kano.”
Reports revealed that the tricycle riders were taken to the board’s headquarters, where they were admonished by officials and later released.
