Sokoto State Government Denies Disbanding Sokoto Sharia Police Over Seizure Of Musical Instruments Used At State Governor's Daughter's Wedding

A week ago, the Sokoto Hisbah Commission which is the unique police drive that authorizes Sharia hone in the North, grabbed the melodic instruments utilized amid the pre-wedding supper of the little girl of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal last December, for supposedly abusing Shari'ah law being worked in the state(Read here).

There were reports online yesterday that the state government, in striking back, has disbanded the Commission. The Secretary to the state government, Bashir Garba, has discharged an announcement, denying the report. Perused the announcement underneath.

The consideration of Sokoto State Government has been attracted to stories the media such that the State Hisbah Commission has been disbanded.

The Government wishes to illuminate that the operations of the State Hisbah Commission, which is a formation of the law, has not been suspended. Correspondingly, it ought to be noticed that the initiative of the Commission is still set up and have not been suspended from obligation.

By the arrangements of the law building up the Hisbah Commission, just the State Governor has the privilege to expel any individual from the Commission from his/her obligation, which for this situation, nothing of such has happened.

For the records, the Ministry of Religious Affairs held a meeting with the initiative of the three groups guaranteeing power over Hisbah Commission in the State. An assention was come to fit their operations for the advantage of the citizenry.

That procedure is still on, and encourage correspondence will be made after due interviews with significant partners.

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