8 arrested for stealing phone inside Kano mosque

Men of the Kano State Hisbah board have arrested eight people for stealing a phone inside a mosque in Kano metropolis.

The Hisbah commander, Harun Ibn Sina, at a news conference on Tuesday, said the suspects were arrested at the Al-Furqan mosque in the Nasarawa area of Kano.

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Ibn Sina said the suspects were arrested when they were high on drugs near the mosque.

He called on citizens to be more vigilant and report every suspicious movement to the nearest security agency, saying his board would not relent in sanitising the state.