Kano State Hisbah Board has denied plans to invite the recently crowned Miss Nigeria Shatu Garko and her parents over her participation in the beauty contest.
The board’s director-general Aliyu Kibiya told journalists in Kano on Thursday that the Sharia police never planned to question Garko or her parents.
Kibiya said, “We never at any time issued any instruction inviting her or her parents for questioning.
“Hisbah only preached against the immoral acts of nudity and revealing the forbidden parts of the body of a woman, which is sinful.”
But the board’s commandant-general Harun Ibn Sinai had on Wednesday in an interview with journalists condemned Garko’s participation in the pageant, noting that it was against the teachings of Islam.
Sinai said her parents would soon be invited to explain why they allowed her to participate in the contest.
“We investigated and confirmed that the girl called Shatu Garko is from Kano State and is an indigene of the Garko Local Government Area of Kano State, where Hisbah is also working at,” he said.
The board’s plan to probe Garko and her parents was greeted with outrage from the public especially as Miss Nigeria contestants are no longer made to wear swimsuits and similar outfits that expose their bodies.
