The Kano State Hisbah Board has taken down a popular location in Hotoron Arewa, Kano metropolis, previously believed to possess ‘healing waters.’
Naturenex reports that the site had long attracted both locals and visitors from nearby states, who sought what they believed to be divine or spiritual cures at the water source.
Confirming the action during a phone chat with journalists on Wednesday, the board’s Director General, Abba Sufi, explained the reasons behind the demolition.
“The place was demolished on Monday, April 21 after we discovered that some disgruntled elements are using the place to mislead desperate patients seeking treatment,” Sufi disclosed to The PUNCH.
He emphasized the agency’s stance against what he described as manipulative practices that exploit people’s desperation under false pretenses of healing.
Sufi urged both Kano residents and visitors to disregard any claims about the spiritual authenticity of the site, branding it a fraudulent operation.
Additionally, he confirmed that the site had been completely destroyed.
A video clip below captures the moment as Kano residents flocked to the location to drink, bathe, and collect water from the muddy site believed by some to bear the footsteps of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
