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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kano Hisbah Board has apprehended eight suspected cross-dressers during a wedding in Kofar Waika in Gwale Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n

This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the Deputy Commander General of the Board, Dr. Mujaheed Aminudeen-Abubakar, on Tuesday in Kano.<\/p>\n

According to the board, the suspects were arrested following a tip-off by good Samaritans that young men dressed in female Fulani attire attended and were dancing at a wedding.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur officials on receiving the information, went to the venue of the wedding ceremony and apprehended eight young men, including the groom, dressed in full female Fulani attire, dancing to music in their regalia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Aminudeen-Abubakar, according to the statement, said that they confessed to the crime when arraigned before Hisbah Shari\u2019a Court in Kano.<\/p>\n

The Presiding Judge, Khadi Tanimu-Sani, ordered that each of them be given 10 lashes of cane, pay N20,000 and produce one surety each or be remanded in a correctional centre for three months.<\/p>\n

The board, established in 2000, is saddled with the responsibilities of enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong in Islamic ways and manners.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Kano Hisbah Board has apprehended eight suspected cross-dressers during a wedding in Kofar Waika in Gwale Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the Deputy Commander General of the Board, Dr. Mujaheed Aminudeen-Abubakar, on Tuesday in Kano. 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