Yobe State has established its own Hisbah Commission to combat social vices and aid in the implementation of Shariah law throughout the state.
Hisbah is a religious police force established to combat social vices and promote social hygiene in Muslim behavior in an Islamic community. It does not enforce its laws against non-Muslims unless they want to do so.
Kano State was the first in the federation to establish a religious police agency, establishing the Hisbah Commission in 2000 to enforce Shariah implementation soon after its proclamation by the then-Ahmad Yerima administration.
This development ignited by Kano State on the foundations of Sharia orchestrated the establishment of such societal reorientation administrative tools as ‘A Daidaita Sahu’ in Kano and ‘Gyara Kayanka…’ in Bauchi across many of the Sharia-proclaiming Northern states in the 2000s.
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Yobe State Government may have become seriously concerned about the current rate of social vices or these Consequently, Governor Mai Mala Buni of the state, Friday, October 6 signed into law the bill establishing the State Hisbah Commission.
The law takes immediate effect “The Hisbah Commission law is to monitor the enforcement and implementation of Shariah and prevent other social vices in the state,” the Governor’s spokesman, Mamman Mohammed, said in a statement mailed to The SOUTHERNROBIN.
