THE Kano State Government has issued an executive order proscribing a group operating under the name “Independent Hisbah Fisabilillahi”.
The order signed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and dated December 8, 2025, said the government had uncovered ongoing recruitment, training, and mobilisation of youths into the group without lawful authority and in violation of the Kano State Hisbah Board Law.
Conveying the message while briefing journalists, the Commissioner of information and internal affairs, Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya, said the Hisbah Board remains the only legally recognised institution empowered to coordinate Hisbah-related duties in the state.
The emergence of the parallel group, the government said, amounted to creating an unauthorised enforcement structure capable of undermining public peace and the statutory mandate of the Board.