Welcome to Northern Nigeria where sex work is defined as an illegal means of earning a living. I guess it’s a different ball game when it comes to some European countries. Earlier today, The Jigawa State Sharia Enforcement Command (Hisbah) arrested 34 suspected commercial sex workers. The Hisbah Commander in the state, Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Dutse.

Malam Ibrahim Dahiru explained that the suspects were arrested in a raid by Shari’a enforcement agents at Gada area of Kazaure at about 5:00 AM and during the raid, 34 suspected commercial sex workers and three men were arrested for alleged immoral acts.

Also, 147 bottles of assorted beer and one sack of empty beer bottles were also seized. The commander urged the people to stop engaging in immoral acts, warning that the Command Would continue in its campaign against vices and alcoholism.

Now the Hisbah has declared war on sex workers in Jigawa state if they do not stop this illegal means of earning a living. But the bitter truth still remains that the Government has made it difficult for the youths in Nigeria to rise above the state of unemployment. Besides there are other pressing areas of concern in this country for example the Issue of Insecurity. If I’m part of this Hisbah, I would rather advise the state government to focus more on arresting the culprits on kidnapping and terrorism than arresting sex workers who mean no harm in selling pleasure and satisfaction to their clients.