According to AFP, the Sharia law enforcers called
Hisbah, launched sweeping crackdowns in Kano
since September, following a state government
directive to cleanse the commercial state of
“immoral” practices.They destroyed 240,000
bottles of beer they had confiscated from trucks
coming into the city.
So, on Wednesday, a large bulldozer smashed the
confiscated 240,000 beer bottles to shouts of
“Allahu Ahkbar” (Allah is great) from supporters
outside the Hisbah headquarters in Kano.Kegs
containing more than 8,000 litres of a local
alcoholic brew called burukutu and 320,000
cigarettes were also destroyed.
Kano’s Hisbah chief, Aminu Daurawa, at the bottle-
breaking ceremony..Read more
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