Kano Bombings: Anxiety over girls wearing hijabs in the North

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Even as another female suicide bomber wearing a hijab killed three students of the Kano State Polytechnic yesterday who were waiting to check their National Youth Service Corps posting, there has come to be an increased anxiety over the mode of dressing of women in the North.

Daily SUN reports

The Commissioner of Police (Kano), Alhaji Adenrele Shinaba, described the suspected bomber “as, a teenage girl wearing black veil (hijab)” while confirming that three persons, which included the suicide bomber herself, died.

The commissioner expressed concern over the fact that recent suicide bombings in the state were carried out by young girls wearing veils.

He said that despite his concern, the police have no role to play with regards to the mode of dressing by the public, noting that as a security organization, the police have been sharing  information with the appropriate authorities regarding the disturbing trend in which suicide bombers hid their bombs under their veils. “I don’t have the power to choose the mode of dressing of the society. I can only advise. That decision is not mine to make. But this is no time for sentiment. We have to face reality. We have been sharing our information on this with the government. We don’t know what they would do with it,” he said.

Meanwhile, a state of anxiety has enveloped the state capital as residents have adopted fresh security measures to beat the deadly  ploys of the insurgents, among which include avoiding places of high human traffic or vehicles and to limit their movements to only highly essential needs and callings.

Also, in some quarters in the state capital, residents simply avoid direct or close contacts with young girls wearing veils even as checks have also shown that the mode of dressing in a long veil is no longer fashionable to the ladies given the  suspicion it evokes from the public and security agencies.

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