Tobias Sylvester
Men of the Sharia Police also known as Hisbah have arrested over 50 alleged homosexuals at a party organized at Sabuwar-Gandu Quarters in Kano State.
Daily Post reports that the suspects were arrested for allegedly coming together as homosexuals to celebrate their togetherness.
It was gathered that the organizers of the party were new graduates who planned the party to commemorate their graduation from a tertiary institution.
Each of them was said to have invited their same sex partners to the event.
While reacting to the development, a senior Hisbah commander, Mallam Tasiu confirmed that over 50 gay men has been arrested, along with the party organizers.
He said intelligence reports gathered by Hisbah operatives led to the arrest of the suspects, noting that other suspected persons were still at large.
According to him, the suspects are currently undergoing reorientation programmes, according to the teaching of Islam that provides the Hisbah to Counsel such kind of attitudes before taking them to Court or otherwise.
