Officials of Hisbah in Kaduna State have banned girls and ladies in Kuriga Village under Chikun Local Government Area from using or possessing mobile phones and sunglasses, according to SaharaReporters.
A resident of the community, who reportedly spoke with SaharaReporters, raised the alarm over the increasing repressive activities of the religious police in the region.
“Hisbah is punishing youths for keeping afro hair and sometimes it is accompanied with beating.
Another resident of the town also said Hisbah personnel have prohibited women and girls from using sunglasses.
Hisbah recently made headlines for shaving off stylish haircuts of young men in Kano, arresting people for improper dressing and seizing tricycles from riders for adorning them with pictures considered to be obscene and against the tenents of Islam.
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