Kano Police Arrested 150 People For Sagged Pants & Sporty Hair

Kano Police Force have begun to strictly
enforce Islamic law. Last week, over 150
people were arrested for indecent dressing.
Some people in Nigeria’s second city were
picked up “sagging their pants too low,” or
“sporting hair styles inspired by prominent
international football players,” a spokesman
for Kano’s Sharia Police, Mohammed Yusuf
Yola, noted to the Associated Press.
This strict enforcement of the Sharia law is a
part of the government’s discipline method
and curbing immorality. Other civilians were
jailed and fined for sagging their pants too
low; the law sees this act as an influence of
some American hip hop artists, which is
unacceptable.
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Kano state Governor
gave this ‘anti-crime’ order to the police
department, in his effort to purge the city of
immoral acts and practices. The Sharia Police
(Hisbah) Director, General Abba Sufi noted
that this patrol or order will continue in the
weeks ahead.
“We have arrested 150 men and women in the
past week, including prostitutes and their
boyfriends, transvestites, alcoholics and those
engaged in indecent dressing in contravention
of the sharia legal code,” Yola told AFP.
Given that the governor is viewed as a
moderate leader who has failed to impose the
Sharia rules, some politicians see this order
as his response. However, Yola, the police
spokesman insisted that the operation was
launched “to reverse disturbing trends in the
city of some five million people and is
targeting people of various faiths. Those
arrested include Muslims and non-Muslims
and we treat them equally because this is
about morality,” he said.
Some of the arrested civilians were released
after paying fines ranging from
10,000-15,000 Naira ($60-$70). The
spokesman also added that the people who
could not afford the fine remains in jail . He
would not specify how many people are
currently detained.
I won’t be surprise if several states follow
Kano’s trend and impose Sharia laws even on
its Christian minorities. Today, it targets is
immorality. Tomorrow, who knows? While
other terrible crimes like murder, rape, theft,
or fraud exist, Kano is more concerned about
‘sagging pants’.
What do you think…is jailing people
necessarily an effective means of curtailing
immorality? Is sagging pants immoral?

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