By Adoga Michael Oyi
The Kano State Hisbah Board , on Thursday , said it arrested 98 beggars in the Kano metropolis for allegedly contravening the law on street begging .
Officer in charge of the board , Dahiru Nuhu , who made the disclosure in Kano , disclosed that the beggars were arrested at about 12. 15 pm in different parts of the city , including Bompai , Lodge Road and Danshaba motor ark .
According to Nuhu , 68 of those arrested were street urchins , popularly called almajiri , aged between nine and 17 years .
Furthermore , he disclosed that majority of the beggars were from Bauchi , Katsina , Gombe and Yobe states .
However , he explained that those who were not from Kano would be sent back to their respective states of origin , urging them to find something profitable to do .
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