Nigeria sharia police to raid betting shops after court ruling
The Hindu
Supreme court ruling in Nigeria allows state governments to regulate gambling, prompting crackdown on betting shops in Kano.
Islamic morality police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are to resume their crackdown on betting shops after a supreme court ruling on gambling.
The Nigerian supreme court quashed a 2005 law Friday that established a national lottery commission and legalised sports betting and gambling.
The court ruled gambling regulation is a matter for state governments.
Kano State is one of 12 predominantly Muslim Nigerian states in which Islamic sharia is used alongside federal law.
"We will resume our clampdown on betting shops with renewed determination since betting is illegal under Kano state sharia law," Abba Sufi, director general of the Kano Hisbah, told AFP.
The Hisbah is a state unit that polices sharia law in Kano, northern Nigeria's biggest city.
Last month Hisbah operatives raided and closed dozens of football betting shops across the city which they said were promoting gambling, which is prohibited under sharia.
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