The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested no fewer than 100 commercial tricycle riders, popularly known as Yan Adaidaitasahu, over alleged offences, including selling illicit drugs and substances, as well as mixing genders in their tricycles.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the board spokesman, Lawan Ibrahim Fagge, made available to the press in Kano.
He added that the tricycle riders were apprehended by operatives of the Hisbah Command from different parts of Kano City.
He further detailed that 24 of the suspects were arrested for mixing male and female passengers, 35 were apprehended for having indecent haircuts, and 12 had either obscene posters on their machines or improper dressing. Others were arrested for various immoral acts.
According to the Deputy Commander-General of Hisbah, Mujahid Aminuddeen, who addressed the 100 tricycle riders after their arrest, he urged them to be good ambassadors of Islam and Kano State by shunning social vices.
“We want to use this opportunity to appeal to you to avoid such acts and avoid acts capable of tarnishing the image of our religion and culture among Kano people,” he said.
He added that among the alleged offences of the tricyclists were “immoral haircuts, riding around wearing only shorts, using objectionable posters on their vehicles, mixing unrelated men and women, selling illegal drugs, and conveying women to places where they engage in immoral acts.
“As Muslims, we would not accept this behaviour and activity of the tricycle riders. That is why we brought you here to admonish you on the negative implications of these acts on our religion and culture as people of Kano.”
According to him, the board would continue to monitor such illegal activities among the tricyclists to arrest the recalcitrant ones.
It was gathered that the tricycle riders were taken to the board’s headquarters, where they were admonished by officials and later released.
It will be recalled that the Hisbah command recently launched an exercise tagged “Operation Kau da Badala” (Operation Fight against Immorality) in a bid to sanitise the state from immoral activities such as prostitution, drug abuse, selling, and consumption of alcohol, among others.
