Kano State Bans "Indecent Dressing", Prohibits Tricycles From Carrying Male & Female Passengers

Sharia Law has taken a new dimension in Kano State.According to Yahoo news...Police also have orders to arrest any cabbie carrying men and women together in the confined space of the three-wheeled taxis


“The way and manner some of the commercial tricycle operators engage in indecentdressing and carry men and women together is disturbing,” said Yusuf Yola, spokesman for the Hisbah board that is responsible for ensuring compliance with Shariah laws in Kano.

He said such dress, with pants cut off just below the knee like Bermuda shorts, also was “un-Hausa,” referring to the biggest tribe in Nigeria’s north.Usually it’s women who are the target of the Islamic police checking that they have properly covered their heads and limbs.