20 men and women have been arrested by the Kano Hisbah Board for engaging in gender-inclusive bathing in the state.

Following complaints from residents, members of Operation Kau Da Badala carried out the arrest at a recreation centre on Ring Road.

The deputy commandant general of the board, Mujahidin Aminuddin Abubakar, said the offense was against the Hisbah legislation, which prohibits bathing of people of different gender in the same space.

He expressed concerns about the act, stressing that it could have been substituted with something better that would have brought them blessings from God.

In addition to urging parents and guardians to closely monitor their children’s whereabouts,

Abubakar stated that the suspects would face appropriate punishment when the investigation was concluded, urging parents and guardians to closely monitor their children’s whereabouts.