A 26-year-old man known as Aliyu Na Idris, who put himself up for sale for N20 million has been arrested in Kano State.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Idris was arrested by the Islamic police known as Hisbah, who said what Idris did is forbidden in Islam.
Recall that Idris, a tailor trended on social media last weekend after putting himself up for sale, citing poverty.
Hisbah Commander, Harun Ibn Sina confirmed he has been arrest.
“Yes we arrested him on Tuesday and he spent the night with us, what he did is forbidden in Islam, you can’t try to sell yourself no matter your condition or situation,” Sina told BBC.
Idris had spoken to local journalists before his arrest, saying he was in a huge financial mess, hence his decision to put a N20 million price tag on his person, promising to serve his buyer wholeheartedly.
“The decision to sell myself was due to poverty. I plan to give my parents 10 million naira when I eventually get a buyer, pay five million naira as tax to the government, give two million naira to anyone who helped me get a buyer and keep the remaining for daily upkeep,” Aliyu told journalists in Kano before his arrest.
Arrested? It’s time we know if Kano State is a country within a country. Isn’t this same Hisbah mentality that has resulted in the kidnap of young girls these same people sold and claim is Islamic. How many girls have BOKO people not stolen and forcefully kept as sex slaves in the name of marriage? Are we not asking that they be forgiven for purportedly repenting, when their victims remain traumatized?