Popular Islamic scholar Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa has voluntarily stepped down as the Commander-General of Kano’s Hisbah Board.
Daurawa who announced his decision from Kaduna via a video shared on his social media handle on Friday, accused Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of discouraging him.
The cleric said Abba’s comments was discouraging to him despite his efforts to promote societal morality during his tenure at Hisbah.
He said “Currently, I’m in Kaduna State, meeting with lawmakers led by the Speaker to discuss implementing a mandatory pre-marital health check in Kano, similar to other Nigerian states.
“However, I’ve encountered discouraging comments from Kano, despite my efforts at Hisbah to promote societal morality.
“I’ve actively engaged with Kannywood and TikTok celebrities, offering guidance and even providing financial assistance to some TikTokers. I even extended advice to Murja too.
“Unfortunately, those who disregarded our guidance faced consequences.
“But I am saying sorry to the Excellency Governor for being angry, I sorry to say I have resigned from the position he gave me in Hisbah, I wish him best in his leadership.”
Governor Yusuf said Hisbah’s ‘operation kau da badala’ fighting immorality and enforcing sanity in accordance with Islamic values needed to be reviewed.
The governor while speaking at a meeting with Imams at Kano Government House on Thursday said “I saw a video that disrupted my peace. You parked cars and went to where males and females were doing unholy things. They were picked up and beaten with bamboo sticks while they took to their heels. They were being packed up inside the vehicle like animals. This, I think is a big mistake for you to hold an adult and throw him like a goat into a Hilux.
“Hisbah is a board that we take in high esteem and bring in God fearing people that we know they can deliver given the people’s mandate in line with what is right.
“The meaning of establishing agencies like this is to do the right thing and also advise us and all stakeholders on the right thing to do.
“We want the right thing to be done, what if, God forbids someone got injured on his spinal cord, he is finished. I saw a video where students’ rooms were raided, beaten and thrown into the vehicle.
Gov Abba recalled that the board was set up to \strengthen Islamic values, but lamented over the current modus operandi of the agency, saying “if things are like this, the children will not also obey. What we want them to change into will then be the opposite of it. God forbids.”