Hisbah Seizes 260 Crates Of Beer In Bauchi Hotels

The State Hisbah Board has seized 260 crates of beer in Bauchi hotels and nightclubs as part of its effort to enforce Sharia Islamic code it declared on Tuesday morning.

Malam Aminu Balarabe the permanent commissioner in charge of Hisbah and Sharia implementation made this known while displaying the   the commodity in Bauchi on Tuesday.

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 misdemeanors” he said.

He 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.

Balarabe who displayed the confiscated drinks at the premises of the state Sharia commission  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.

Explaining why Hisbah seized the 260 crates of beer, he said:

”The only places where sales and consumption of alcoholic drinks  are allowed are Military and Police barracks,National parks. We are fully committed to implementing our mandate,” he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Hisbah department in Bauchi, recently arrested some young men in Tafawa Balewa LGA who specialise in organising sex parties and committing other criminal tendencies.

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