Operatives of Hisbah police recently stormed a hotel in Kano state to assault and arrest guests for lodging in the facility.
A video making rounds online shows the officers carrying out a raid in the hotel. They were also captured beating and harassing guests as they shoved them at the back of their van.
However, it is currently not clear if those arrested during the raid have been released or are still in police custody.
The incident has stirred an uproar on social media, with many criticizing the Hisbah Police for the inhumane treatment they subjected the guests to simply because they lodged in a hotel.
Read some comments as you scroll,
@kins4real wrote, “This is Extremism at its pick, even in Saudi where Islam was introduced to us they have hotels, other Arab countries have hotels and some of them have outlets where None Muslims can buy alcohol with license…….. The Northern Religious leaders need to be exposed and stop this madness in the name of Islam.”
@omo_olog0 wrote, “Na wa.. shey them for destroy the hotels nah.. so make people nor dey lounge there again. I love Benin sha ????”
@echeleon.pilot wrote, “This is one of the reasons why the country called “Nigeria” needs to divide, so people of extreme religious views can be grouped and bordered, and not make people think the country is religiously tolerant. A country full of diverse religious sentiments and extremities”
@cybergodlion1 wrote, “Please I don’t get this, where is hisbah in the Nigerian constitution.. Indeed NIGERIA IS A JUNGLE anything goes.”
Watch the clip below,
