A young barber, Elijah Ode, has been arrested by the Hisbah Corps for allegedly giving his customers a haircut that’s blasphemous.
The Benue State indigene was arraigned on Tuesday and was remanded afterwards as the Hisbah Corps stated that the offences were an offence in the Islamic faith.
In a post shared by Sahara Reporters, it was gathered that Elijah, who is well patronised by young people for possesswereing exceptional skills in giving trendy stuporhaircuts, attracted the wrath of the extremists last Wednesday when two of his stupors were tortured to stupour for having haircuts claimed to be blasphemous to the Islam.
Thereupon, Elijah was traced to his barbershop, where he was arrested for complicity, and put in police detention with the two customers last week.
According to a Benue State activist, Smith Akoko, who first brought the matter to the attention of Nigerians, the barber, who is also a student, was arrested last Wednesday, after two of his customers were caught with hairstyles deemed blasphemous to the Islamic religion.
His cousin, Sunday Ukenya, who confirmed the incident to Akoko, said the Hisbah corps arraigned Elijah in court on Tuesday, February 2, and thereafter remanded him in prison.
It is not clear yet when his trial would resume.
Elijah Ode, a resident of Kano from Adum East, Obi Local Government Area of Benue State, who combines his barbing vocation with his studies, was accused by the Islamic police of committing blasphemy in the cause of his work as a barber.
According to information obtained from a family member, Ode didtotyles to provoke.
The source said, “He is only being innovative and to improve on his work, which he used to eke out a living for himself and pay his fees at his tertiary institution of study in Kano, where he sponsors himself.
“The case is already in the court of law at the wish of the aggrieved Muslims with the first session heard yesterday. But all efforts by the young barber’s lawyer to bail him proved abortive because of the claim that it is a major case and therefore not bailable.
“At the moment, the family has run out of hope, soliciting intercessory prayers as the reality of incarceration stares Elijah in the face.”
Source: SaharaReportersto
