Hisbah To Raid Betting Shops Following S’court Ruling On National Lottery Act

Hisbah To Raid Betting Shops Following S’court Ruling On National Lottery Act

Islamic profound quality police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are to continue their crackdown on wagering shops after a high court administering on betting.

The Nigerian high court suppressed a 2005 regulation Friday that laid out a public lottery commission and sanctioned sports wagering and betting.

The court managed betting guideline is a matter for state legislatures.

Kano State is one of 12 overwhelmingly Muslim Nigerian states in which Islamic sharia is utilized close by government regulation.

“We will continue our clampdown on wagering shops with recharged assurance since wagering is unlawful under Kano state sharia regulation,” Abba Sufi, chief general of the Kano Hisbah, told AFP.

The Hisbah is a state unit that polices sharia regulation in Kano, northern Nigeria’s greatest city.

Last month Hisbah agents attacked and shut many football wagering shops across the city which they said were advancing betting, which is disallowed under sharia.

Assaults were ended after the Public Lottery Commission fought that wagering on football was legitimate under Nigerian government regulation under the 2005 Lottery Act, Sufi said.

“With this decision, the discussion on who ought to be accountable for lottery regulation between the national government and state legislatures has been settled,” Sufi added.

“We in Kano have grimaced at the lottery regulation… since it gave lawful support to betting which is obviously precluded in Islam.”

There are around 200 wagering shops across the city with TV screens where client watch global soccer matches and horse races and put down wagers, Sydney Emeafu, top of the Public Association of Gaming and Lottery Laborers (NUGLOW) in Kano, told AFP.

As indicated by Sufi, the attacks followed rehashed objections by guardians of kids whose adoration for football crews had driven them into betting.

“Furthermore, the cruel financial environment is driving more individuals into this football betting, expecting to bring in pain free income and becoming snared to the bad habit,” Sufi contended.