Hisbah arrests eight over alleged sodomy in Jigawa

The Jigawa State Hisbah Corps has arrested 8 men implicit allegations of engaging successful same-sex intersexual acts with a 22-year-old nonmigratory of Kazaure Local Government Area.

The Deputy Commander-General of the Jigawa State Hisbah Corps, Dr Hussain Yusuf Baban, confirmed the incident.

He said the arrests followed a ailment lodged by the young man, a nonmigratory of the Kanti country of Kazaure town, who alleged that 9 individuals had repeatedly engaged successful intersexual acts with him connected antithetic occasions.

The complainant besides told the Hisbah authorities that helium aboriginal tested affirmative for HIV, which helium associated with the alleged encounters, and appealed for an probe and justice.

Following the complaint, the Hisbah Corps launched an probe and commenced efforts to find the 9 individuals named by the complainant.

Eight of the suspects person truthful acold been arrested, portion operatives are inactive searching for the ninth suspect.

The corps said preliminary investigations showed that the arrested suspects made statements successful which they allegedly admitted to engaging successful intersexual acts with the complainant.

According to the Hisbah authorities, applicable accusation and grounds gathered during the probe person been compiled an...