A Sharia Court domiciled in the Kano State Hisbah Board in Sharada area of Kano, on Tuesday, sentenced eight cross-dressers to three-month imprisonment at a
The sentencing of the offenders followed their admission of guilt during their arraignment before the Hisbah Shari’a Court.
The presiding Judge, Khadi Tanimu-Sani, decreed that each of them should receive 10 lashes of cane, pay a fine of N20,000 each, and produce one surety or face imprisonment in a correctional facility for three months.Recall that the Hisbah Board had recently apprehended the eight persons suspected of cross-dressing at a wedding in Kofar Waika, Gwale local government area of the State.Deputy Commander General of the Board, Dr.
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