Kano-state-owned Police better known as Hisbah, has arrested eleven Muslims for eating during Ramadan.
Ramadan commenced on Monday and about three days into it, the Sharia Police caught eleven Muslims, one of whom is a woman eating.
The latter was snacking on groundnuts.
Their arrests were made during Hisbah’s annual Ramadan enforcement operations, which make its officers comb eateries and markets for offenders.
This was relayed via a statement Hisbah spokesman, Lawal Ibrahim, released on Wednesday in which it said non-Muslims are exempted from such enforcement activities, but if found selling food during fasting hours to Muslims, they could be considered guilty of the offense.
The report reads in part, “The individuals arrested include 10 men and one woman, who was caught eating from her groundnut-selling stall.
“We apprehended 11 persons, including a lady selling groundnuts who was seen eating from her wares, after some persons alerted us.
“The other 10 persons are men who 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.”
