This was disclosed by the police public relations officer in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin on Sunday.
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The Kano State Hisbah Board on Monday said it had arrested 228 beggars in January 2019, for allegedly violating the law banning street begging in the state.
The Kano State Hisbah Board said it arrested 65 beggars Monday evening in Kano metropolis for allegedly violating the law banning street begging in the state.
There was a mild drama in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti capital, on Friday morning, as two destitute begging for alms at the popular Fajuyi round about, engaged in free-for-all apparently for space.
Malam Dahiru Nuhu, the Officer in charge of the board’s anti-begging unit, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano.
Malam Umar Yahaya, the Public Relations Officer of the Board, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano.
The Prosecutor, Simeon Inuoha, told the court that the offence was committed on November 22 at Maryland, Lagos
The Director-General of the board, Alhaji Abba Sufi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Wednesday
He restated the commitment of the state government towards ensuring effective enforcement of the law
The monumental increase in their number has now become a source of concern as residents in the locality wondered why they now walk aimlessly round the streets of Agbor, Umunede and the expressway with tattered clothes and bushy hairs and in most cases, naked