The Garun Mallam Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State has shut down the Kwanar Gafan Tomato market over alleged prostitution, adultery, homosexuality, and other immoral activities within the market premises.
Grassroots Parrot gathered that the alleged immorality being perpetrated by some youths and married women prompted the local council authority to take adequate action to restore sanity at the market.
Confirming the development, Hon. Barr Aminu Salisu Kadawa, the Garun Mallam local government chairman, gave all traders at the market a seven-day ultimatum to vacate the vicinity until further notice.
He said, “Looking at how the market has become a center for prostitution and other immoral activities contrary to the purpose of the market, it has to be closed indefinitely to restore sanity.”.
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Kadawa, who gave the order on Wednesday at the inauguration of the economic revitalization in the LGA, asked the market traders to pack their belongings and leave the market before January 1, 2025.
He said anyone caught within the market premises after the expiration of the ultimatum would be dealt with accordingly.
The local government chairman added that a date to reopen the market for normal business activities would be announced in due course.
Speaking earlier, an Islamic scholar, Imam Abdullahi Yusif Chiromawa, also expressed worry over the upbringing of their children in the area due to the immoral activities at the market.
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“The market has become a center of adultery, homosexuality, and prostitution for the youths and even married women.” He noted.
In his speech, a representative of the State Commissioner of Police, S.A. Gusau, said it was time for the security forces to take charge of the market, promising to enforce the vacation order.