The Kano State Hisbah Board has confirmed the arrest and detention of Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Sankara, in an uncompleted building with a married woman.
The board’s Director General, Abba Sufi, confirmed the arrest of Sankara with the married woman on Friday evening. He said the arrest was made possible through intelligence tracking after receiving a series of complaints of his relationship with the married woman.
“We have arrested Auwal Danladi Sankara, the Jigawa Commissioner, with a married woman in an uncompleted building that belongs to him, unknown to him that we were tracking him based on reports against him we received,” Sufi said.
According to him, the arrest followed a complaint by Nasiru Bulama, the woman’s husband, who accused the commissioner of engaging in an illicit affair with his wife, Tasleem Baba, the mother of his two children.
“Nasiru Bulama filed the complaint with the Kano State Police Command, the Department of State Services, and the Hisbah Board, alleging Sankara’s involvement in illicit sexual activities with his wife,” he added.
The DG stated that Sankara would be taken to court on several cases against him, including operating an alleged illicit drugs center with names Picklock, 360, and three other areas.
He said, “We have been having problems with Sankara because he is operating illicit drugs Centers in the name of hotels with prostitution and drug addiction activities”. Sufi added that they are prosecuting Sankara on Monday at a competent court of law.
