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Hisba police raid a “gay wedding” in Kano, northern Nigeria

  • Mansur Abu Bakr
  • BBC – Kano, Nigeria

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Hisba Police enforce a strict version of Islamic law in Kano, Northern Nigeria

Islamic police in the main city of Kano in northern Nigeria arrested 19 Muslims, accusing them of attending the wedding of a same-sex couple.

The force’s spokesman, Lawal Ibrahim Vag, said the force raided the wedding ceremony in Kano city after receiving a tip.

He added that the couple, who had not yet finished their wedding ceremony, managed to escape and the police were looking for them.

Most of Kano’s population is Muslim, and an Islamic law system operates alongside secular law.

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