The manager, who is also the Bureau Chief of Politics Digest, a publication of PRNigeria in Kano, received an invitation on Thursday morning from an official of Hisbah, the morality police.
The Kano State Hisbah Board Department of Public Enlightenment has summoned the PRNigeria Manager, Adnan Mukhtar, over a story he wrote on the allegations of sexual harassment labelled against Hisbah officials by a TikTok sensation, Murja Ibrahim Kunya.
The manager, who is also the Bureau Chief of Politics Digest, a publication of PRNigeria in Kano, received an invitation on Thursday morning from an official of Hisbah, the morality police.
After speaking with the official on the phone, Adnan insisted on a formal invitation, and he got this message as the reply: "You are kindly invited to Hisba Board on Monday after 2 pm. for discussion, pls."
The Hisbah Corps is a religious police force responsible for the enforcement of Shari'a in Kano State and other parts of northern Nigeria.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Kano State commander of the Islamic police, Hisbah, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa had resigned.
Daurawa resigned on Thursday after the state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf criticised the Islamic police for what he called "numerous rights abuses."
The governor had openly criticised the operations of the morality police police, noting that operatives of the outfit were treating young people as animals.
The governor lambasted the Hisbah police saying, "They treat young people suspected of misdemeanour like animals.”
"It is inappropriate to tie up and throw suspects into an open van like an animal," the governor added.
PRNigeria recalled that Politics Digest reported an allegation of sexual harassment made by the famous female TikToker in Kano State, Murja Ibrahim Kunya, against Hisbah operatives.
In an audio recording obtained by Politics Digest, Murja lamented how she and her friends campaigned vigorously for the victory of the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Abba Yusuf, to emerge as Governor of Kano State.
In the audio, she said: "Is what Hisbah in Kano is doing okay like this? Allah S.W.T has listened to our parents and brothers' cries to bring this government to power. Still, Daurawa operatives are doing everything to tarnish the image of this government with something called 'Hisbah'.
"They went to Sarina Hotel and arrested young women and put them in their buses like bread as they were being taken to prison. Wallahi, I swear if Hisbah officials arrested women in the hotel, I would not lie against them on the issue of harassing the girls sexually.
"They give these women an option of having a romantic affair like 'Taliya' (Masturbation for arousal) till they release sperm or to play with their boobs (breasts) or they take them to their parents."
Meanwhile, Governor Yusuf expressed dissatisfaction with the Hisbah's approach of arresting individuals accused of immorality and lumping them - men and women - in trucks like animals.
While speaking at a meeting with Imams and other Islamic scholars, the governor said the board's modus operandi needed to be looked into. He, therefore, urged the Hisbah board to promote Islamic values while ensuring that their actions align with ethical standards by respecting individual rights and enforcing morality.