The Kano State Hisbah Board has invited an Islamic school teacher in Kano State (name withheld) following complaints about him that he has been using his influence to sexually assault his pupils.
According to the Hisbah board, the teacher, who is one of the sons of a now late renowned cleric, teaches in a Madrasa located in the metropolitan area of the state.
The suspect had earlier impregnated one of his students and was thereafter forced to marry her.
The Hisbah board’s commandant, Sheikh Harun Ibn-Sina, told Freedom Radio that the man defiled many of them after tricking his students in the name of love.
From investigations, Hisbah also confirmed that he connived with his wife, whom he impregnated before marrying, and continued to use their matrimonial home for the sexual assault.
On inviting the teacher, he made pronouncements that proved the allegations against him, the Hisbah board has promised to make further investigation into the matter. He pledged that they would reveal to the public whatever action they took against the suspect.
Meanwhile, an Islamic cleric in Kano, Sulaiman Abubakar, has cautioned parents against keeping their wards for long after school hours. He implored them to always check their relationships with their teachers.
“This is the greatest betrayal…for a teacher to impregnate his students, not only in Islamic schools, even if it is in Western education schools. There is high respect and trust between students and their teachers, but these incidents have been happening these days,” Abubakar said.
The Kano State Hisbah Corps is a religious police force in Kano state, Nigeria responsible for the enforcement of Shari’a to only Muslims.