Kano Hisbah Commander, Haruna Ibn Sina has stated that the parents of the newly crowned Miss Nigeria, Shatu Garko will be interrogated.
He said that they will be brought in for questioning for allowing their gorgeous daughter participate in the pageant describing it as illegal and contrary to Islamic beliefs.
Miss Garko, a citizen of Kano recently emerged the overall winner of the 44th Miss Nigeria beauty contest. She is on record as the first hijab adorning Muslim to win the beauty pageant.
Reacting to her victory, Mr Haruna told BBC Pidgin that participating in a pageant is “forbidden” for Muslims from Kano, a Northern Nigerian State with strict Sharia practices.
BBC Hausa reported on Wednesday morning that Ibn Haruna on behalf of Hisbah, has confirmed that Ms Garko’s parents live in Kano.
He added that they will soon be brought into custody and interrogated for the role their daughter played in the beauty contest.
Though Miss Garko participated in the pageant fully cladded in hijab, the Hisbah commander condemned the exercise as a whole saying it was against Quranic injunctions.
Before now, Hisbah which was adopted in many northern states in early 2000, banned tailors, supermarket and boutique owners from using mannequins to display clothes in the state.
In June, the Islamic police arrested 40 teenagers for selling condoms and marijuana in Kano.
They also prohibited the sharing of photos of the daughter of the Emir of Kano, Zahrah Bayero, who married President Buhari’s son, Yusuf, saying it is a sin.
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