Operatives of The Kano State Hisbah Board have arrested 11 Muslims in the state for breaking their Ramadan fast via daytime eating. Confirming the arrests which occurred during a search of restaurants and eateries in the state, Public Relations Officer of the Hisbah Board, Lawal Ibrahim, stated that the arrested individuals comprised ten men and one woman-who had be caught eating out of the groundnuts she had displayed for sale.
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The PRO of the Hisbah Board further explained that non-Muslim residents of the state are exempted from the enforcement of the fasting rule but warned that these non-Muslim would be found to be in serious violation of shari'a laws if caught selling food to Muslims during fasting hours. In Lawal Ibrahim's words: We apprehended 11 persons on Tuesday, including a lady selling groundnuts who was seen eating from her wares, after some persons alerted us. The other 10 persons were men and were arrested across the city, especially close to markets where a lot of activities happen. We don’t arrest non-Muslims because this doesn’t concern them, and the only time they could be guilty of a crime is when we find out they cook food to sell to Muslims who are supposed to be fasting."
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