I was going through this post by yahoo this morning and asked myself a simple question " Doesn't Nigeria have one constitutionally reconsigned police force"?
Please can someone ask the FG to Stop the funding that was generated from sales and consumption of alcohol from getting to Kano state!
You can not eat your cake and have it!!

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Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Police enforcing Islamic law in Nigeria's city of Kano publicly destroyed some 240,000 bottles of beer on Wednesday, the latest move in a wider crackdown on behaviour deemed "immoral" in the area.
The banned booze had been confiscated from trucks coming into the city in recent weeks, said officials from the Hisbah, the patrol tasked with enforcing the strict Islamic law, known as sharia.

Kano's Hisbah chief Aminu Daurawa said at the bottle-breaking ceremony he had "the ardent hope this will bring an end to the consumption of such prohibited substances".
A large bulldozer smashed the bottles to shouts of "Allahu Ahkbar" (God is Great) from supporters outside the Hisbah headquarters in Kano, the largest city in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north.

Kegs containing more than 8,000 litres of a local alcoholic brew called "burukutu" and 320,000 cigarettes were also destroyed.

"We hope this measure will help restore the tarnished image of Kano," said Daurawa
Since September, the Hisbah have launched sweeping crackdowns and made hundreds of arrests in Kano following a state-government directive to cleanse the commercial hub of so-called "immoral" practices.

The 9,000-strong moral police force works alongside the civilian police but also has other duties, including community development work and dispute resolution.

Sharia was reintroduced across northern Nigeria in 2001, but the code has been unevenly applied.

Alcohol is typically easy to find in Kano, including at hotels and bars in neighbourhoods like Sabon Gari, inhabited by the city's sizeable Christian minority.

But the Hisbah boss vowed that this was set to change.

"We hereby send warning to unrepentant offenders that Hisbah personnel will soon embark on an operation into every nook and corner of (Kano) state to put an end to the sale and consumption of alcohol and all other intoxicants," Daurawa said.

People accused of engaging in prostitution and homosexual sex have been among those arrested in the latest crackdown, along with alleged drunks and drug addicts.

Nigeria is divided between a mostly Christian south and a predominately Muslim north.
Source
http://news.yahoo.com/nigeria-sharia-police-smash-240-000-bottles-beer-220634716.html

what the heck? islamism is a cancer and the world are watching. say no to sharia

This act is totally unacceptable,the kano state government should be sued Nigeria is not an Islamic country more so we have the right to live and transact legitimate business any where in Nigeria and beer business is one of such.Kano state is one of the sates that benefits most from VAT collected from beer business. if the Muslims in Kano or any part of Nigeria agrees to be guided by His bah then so be it but Non Muslims should not be disturbed. We say no to slavery of any form or is the Kano state Governor is trying to unfold his hidden Agenda? Nigerians please note this man(the Kano state Governor)
Beer and Cigs are destroyed. i guess, thats just their way of life. But its not ours!!! When are we going to quit giving these peoples anything. Anything we give them is a 100% waste of money. We have so many better things to do with our money. You know, the money that we dont really have. These peoples dont like us, In fact they hate us. Giving them money is like turning on your shredder and just throwing money into it ....

^^^^^ What utter rubbish and nonsensical rambling.
Shebe mad dog bite you na him you come here dey froth in the mouth like person with rabies?

How on earth does the ban on sale and consumption of alcohol constitute to slavery?

BTW, the state was within its constitutional right to enact relevant laws for the common good of its people - it really doesn't matter whether you or anybody else disagrees - so long as the majority of the citizenry accept it then its ok.

FYI, the ban on alcohol was not promulgated under sharia but under a special edict through the state house of assembly; in same manner as any other state or the country would enact laws it deems fit e.g. ban on narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, Indian Hemp etc; Kano State just went a little further by adding alcohol on its list.

As for the VAT, well again it is within its constitutional right to accept its legitimate share of the proceeds; and why not, especially if there are parts of the country (who should know better but) foolish enough to preside over the general poisoning and aiding of the moral degradation of their people, thereafter deciding to celebrate it by sharing the booty with Kano State - well so be it; besides the are many non - Muslims in the state who are indirectly benefiting from that portion of the VAT booty.

Finally, its not by force, anybody who doesn't like the law is always at liberty to leave and return to his own backyard.

Kano has gone to the dogs.Being taken back into the darkest of dark age by the present socalled elite that are tormented by fundamental ignorance.

Woe to those that refuse to learn,their on earth is like eternal hell.