Nigerian man jailed for storing human faeces outside his home in Kano

Author: BBC NewsPublished on: June 17, 2026Country: Nigeria

Crime & Law

Nigerian man jailed for storing human faeces outside his home in Kano

A Nigerian man, Mohammed Saidu, was sentenced to two weeks in prison in Kano for storing bags of human feces outside his home. Neighbors complained of the unbearable smell. He was selling the feces as fertilizer to farmers. The court also fined him 100,000 naira.

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