The
last mass wedding in Kano State aimed at finding husbands for divorcees and
widows is now mired in controversy as Hisbah Board has uncovered two fake
couples in the list of those given out in marriage.
Hisbah, the Sharia implementation outfit,
has equally suspended one of its field commanders believed to have planted the
two married couples in the list to pave way for full scale investigations.
Director-General of Hisbah, Abba Sa’id Sufi
told newsmen in the state that “the two couples were earlier married in real
life,” pointing out that “they made the final list due to connivance of someone
within.”
Sufi said: “The board had retrieved all the
benefits including furniture, N20,000 empowerment gesture and the N10,000 bride
price provided by the state government.
“Henceforth, anyone caught perpetrating
sharp practices will be prosecuted according to existing laws.”
He added that the board’s screening
committee had been reconstituted to include the district head, the police, and
the officer in charge of State Security Services, SSS, in the 44 local
government areas in the state.