Olayiwola Matthew
The Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Sankara, has been arrested for engaging in an illicit affair with a married woman, Tasleem Baba Nabegu, inside an uncompleted building.
According to the information available, the commissioner was arrested in a neighbouring state by the Kano State Hisbah Board.
The Director General of the Kano State Hisbah Board, Abba Sufi, confirmed the development to newsmen.
Sufi told newsmen on Friday that Sankara and Nabegu were caught in an uncompleted building, owned by the commissioner, in Kano, Kano State.
The arrest of the commissioner followed a petition lodged with the Board by the husband of the woman, who is married with two kids, Nasiru Bulama.
According to available information, Bulama further lodged the complaint with the Nigeria Police Force and Department of State Services.
Sufi told newsmen: “Yes, it is true 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.
“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.”
Nabegu was said to have put up a fierce fight to escape arrest when operatives of the Hisbah Board stormed the uncompleted building.
She was said to have tried to flee in a car.
In the process, she rammed into the fence of the building.
After recovering from the bad hit, she also used the vehicle to forcefully break down the gate.
However, two vehicles professionally positioned outside the gate did not allow her to go any further.
Sufi added that Sankara is also facing charges for running illicit drug centres under the names: Picklock, 360, and three others not mentioned.
He added: “We have been having problems with Sankara because he is operating illicit drug centres disguised as hotels, where prostitution and drug addiction activities take place.”