Kano State Hisbah Board has declared Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Sankara, wanted for alleged adultery.
At a press briefing on Monday, the board’s Commander General, Aminu Daurawa, alleged that the commissioner was caught in an uncompleted building with a married woman.
He said the commissioner was allegedly caught through intelligence tracking after the board received a series of complaints from the woman’s husband, Nasiru Bulama, accusing the commissioner of engaging in an illicit affair with his wife.
He reported that his wife, Tasleem Nabegu, is the mother of his two children.
“We wanted to settle out of court by inviting both families, only the husband showed up, while the commissioner refused to honour the invitation but later escaped after he was bailed from Hisbah,” he said.
Daurawa disclosed that the matter had been taken to court.
He urged the people not to hesitate to report any illicit activities they found in their neighbourhood to Hisbah.
On his part, the woman’s husband appealed to the state government and other relevant stakeholders to come to his aid and help him to get justice.
According to him, it is a crime for any married person to engage in illicit affairs.
The state government has since suspended the commissioner pending an investigation into the allegations.
