Hisbah Arrests Jigawa Commissioner, Married Woman In Kano

KANO – The Kano State Hisbah Board on Friday evening confirmed the arrest and detention of the Jigawa State Commissioner of Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, in an uncompleted building with a married woman.

The Hisbah Director General, Abba Sufi told reporters in Kano that the sting operation was painstaking intelligence tracking after series of complaints of the Commissioner’s nefarious acts by the affected woman’s brother-in-law.

The Hisbah DG hinted, “Yes, it is true we have arrested Auwal Danladi Sankara, the Jigawa Commissioner, with a married woman in an uncompleted building that belongs to him unknown to him that we were tracking him based on reports against him we received.”

He disclosed that “The arrest followed a complaint by Nasiru Bulama, the woman’s husband, who accused the commissioner of engaging in an illicit affair with his wife, Tasleem Baba Nabegu, the mother of his two children.

“Nasiru Bulama filed the complaint with the Kano State Police Command, the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Hisbah Board, alleging Sankara’s involvement in illicit sexual activities with his wife,” the official added.

The DG explained that they are taking Sankara to court on a number of cases against him including operating an illicit drugs centers with names Picklock, 360 and three other areas.

He said, “We have been having problems with Sankara because he is operating illicit drugs Centers in the names of Hotels that promotes prostitution and drug addiction activities.”

Sufi added that the Hisbah Board would formally charge Sankara to court next Monday at a competent Court of Law.