The Bauchi State Hisbah command has confiscated 260 crates of alcoholic drinks from hotels and night clubs as part of its effort to enforce Sharia Islamic code.
Malam Aminu
Balarabe Isah, the permanent commissioner in charge of Hisbah and Sharia
implementation disclosed this on Tuesday, February 2, while displaying the
confiscated drinks at the premises of the state Sharia commission in Bauchi.
He said 216
crates were confiscated in Misau local government area and 44 in Bauchi club
and some beer parlours located in Dass park in Bauchi metropolis.
"We will
continue to beam our searchlight to unravel perpetrators of such misbehaviour”
he said.
Isah said the
department would soon seek for a court order to destroy the items as the
subsisting Sharia law which was implemented in 2003 has unequivocally prohibits
sales and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
The
Commissioner explained that no fewer than six operators of beer parlours were
arrested during the patrol and they would soon be prosecuted to serve as a
deterrent to others.
He appealed
to the state government to hasten the appointment of the state Hisbah Board, as
well as provide additional financial and logistics support to the department.
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