The Kano State Government has banned an Islamic cleric, Sheikh AbdulJabar Nasir-Kabara, for inciteful preaching.
The States Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, who announced the order in a statement on Thursday in Kano, said that the government considered the clerics mode of teachings as incendiary.
Garba also announced the immediate closure of all schools run by the cleric, pending investigations by security agencies, saying that the measure was part of the resolutions of the State Executive Council, at its meeting on Wednesday in Kano.
