According to AFP, the Sharia law enforcers called Hisbah, launched sweeping crackdowns in Kano since September this year, following a state government directive to cleanse the
commercial state of what they call “immoral” practices.They however destroyed 240,000 bottles of beer which 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” (God is great) from supporters outside the Hisbah headquarters in Kano.some Kegs containing more than 8,000 litres of a local alcoholic brew called burukutu and 320,000 cigarettes were also destroyed.
Kano’s Hisbab chief,Aminu daurawa, at the bottle-breaking ceremony -
We hope this measure will help bring back the tarnished image of Kano “We hereby send warning to unrepentant offenders that the Hisbah officers will soon embark on an operation into every nook and cranny of the state to put an end to the sale and consumption of alcohol and all other intoxicants,"... **see as Green bottle dey waste o**
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