Hisbah Bans Girls, Ladies From Using Mobile Phones, Wearing Sunglasses In Kaduna.
Hisbah Bans Girls, Ladies From Using Mobile Phones, Wearing Sunglasses In Kaduna.
By Rowlandgate.
Possessing mobile phones and sunglasses have been banned on ladies and girls by officials of Hisbah in Kuriga Village under Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State.
A resident of the community, who spoke with newsmen, raised the alarm over the increasing repressive activities of the religious police in the region.
He alleged that Hisbah had been ‘frustrating the lives of youths in Kuriga and often carry out severe punishment for moral failings’.
Hisbah is punishing youths for keeping afro hair and sometimes it is accompanied with beating.
“They have also prevented women and girls from using smartphones, claiming that it is used to spread un-Islamic behaviours. They are just terrorising us,” he told new men
Another resident of the town also said Hisbah personnel have prohibited women and girls from using sunglasses.
“They also sometimes storm houses where ceremonies are taking place and punish playing of music, dancing and any form of entertainment,” he said.
Despite condemnation from Nigerians, the group has continued its push for Islamic agenda in the North.
