The Kano State Hisbah Board’s Department of Public Enlightenment apprehended 11 Muslims on Tuesday for consuming food during the Ramadan fast, as reported by Hisbah spokesman Lawal Fagge to the BBC.
The individuals, consisting of 10 men and one woman, were subsequently released after giving an oath not to intentionally break their fast again.
“We got 11 persons on Tuesday including a lady selling groundnuts who was seen eating from her wares and some persons alerted us,” Hisbah spokesman, Lawal Fagge, told the BBC.
“The other 10 were men and were arrested across the city especially close to markets where a lot of activities happen.”
He added that the search operations would continue but said that non-Muslims were exempt.
“We don’t arrest non-Muslims because this doesn’t concern them and the only time they could be guilty of a crime is when we find out they cook food to sell to Muslims that are supposed to be fasting.”
Regarding those who were arrested he said that they were freed after promising to start fasting from now on and “for some of them we had to see their relatives or guardians in order to have family monitor them.”
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