Hisbah confirms arrest of Jigawa commissioner with married woman in Kano
By Bala Salihu Dawakin kudu. On Oct 18, 2024
The Kano State Hisbah Board has confirmed the arrest and detention of the Jigawa State Commissioner of Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, in an uncompleted building with a married woman.
Hisbah Director General, Abba Sufi on Friday confirmed the arrest of Sankara with a married woman through intelligence tracking after receiving a series of Complaints of his nefarious acts with the married woman by her husband’s younger brother.
The Director General hints that “yes it is true we have arrested Auwal Danladi Sankara, the Jigawa Commissioner, with a married woman in an uncompleted building that belongs to him unknown to him that we were tracking him based on reports against him we received”.
Democracy Newsline reports that the arrest followed a complaint by Nasiru Bulama, the woman’s husband, who accused the commissioner of engaging in an illicit affair with his wife, Tasleem Baba Nabegu, the mother of his two children.
“Nasiru Bulama filed the complaint with the Kano State Police Command, the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Hisbah Board, alleging Sankara’s involvement in illicit sexual activities with his wife,” the official added.
The DG explained that they are taking Sankara to Court on a number of cases against him including operating an illicit drugs Centers with names Picklock, 360 and three other areas.
He said, “we have been having problems with Sankara because he is operating illicit drugs Centers in the names of Hotels with Prostitution and drug addiction activities”.
Sufi added that they are prosecuting Auwalu Sankara on Monday at a competent Court of Laws.
