“We arrested them for making a mockery of the sanctity of the institution of marriage.' Sharia Nigeria Islam
Kano is among 12 northern Nigeria states where Sharia law operates and the Hisbah enforcement agency said Wednesday the wedding was perceived to have made a mockery of the institute of marriage.
His three accomplices stood as witnesses in the ceremony which was more of a “banter” between friends. Sufi said Abdullahi even received death threats on his mobile phone and was assaulted by an attacker while leaving the mosque after evening prayers on Monday before his arrest.
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