[Mhiz Rebecca]

The Kano State Hisbah Board says it destroyed
over 1, 000 bottles of assorted beer which it
confiscated in 2016.
The Director General of the board, Abba Sufi,
disclosed this in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Kano.
He said the products were intercepted by the
staff of the board in Dawakin Kudu Local
Government Area of the state last year.
“The commodity was destroyed on Tuesday at
Dawakin Kudu under the watchful eyes of our
staff and other officials of the board,” he said.
He said all those arrested in connection with
the illegal importation of the products into the
state had been charged to court.
According to him, the board has put in place
additional stringent measures to check
importation of beer and other intoxicants into
the state.
“We have taken measures to arrest those who
are bent on violating the Sharia which
prohibits consumption, carrying, sale or
transportation of the commodity in the state,”
Mr. Sufi said.
He said Hisba operatives in the 44 local
government areas of the state would intensify
patrol to arrest violators of the law.
He attributed the reduction in sale and
importation of the commodity into the state to
some of the measures taken by the board in
2016.
“As we enter 2017, we will intensify effort to
check the excesses of such recalcitrant persons
who violate the Sharia.’’
He advised those who are in the habit of
bringing the commodity in the state to stop or
face the wrath of the law.