Eleven people, comprising eight women and three men, have been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board for eating during Ramadan period.
They were arrested on Saturday at Tudun Murtala of Nassarawa Local Government and Sharada area of Kamo Municipal.
The acting Commandant General of the board, Musa Kibiya, said, “the residents of the area feed us with information and when we went to Tudun Murtala we found five women and three men eating in a broad daylight.
“At Sharada, we were able to arrest three women.”
But the people arrested said they committed no offence, as they had reason why they did not fast.
The women said that they did not fast due to their monthly period, which disallows fast.
Kibiya said that the board will carry out investigation into the matter to find out those with a genuine reason for not observing the fast.
