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Northern state issues ultimatum to liquor sellers

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    The governor of Zamfara, Ahmad Yarimah, on Monday gave liquor vendors until 27 October - when Islamic law will begin to take effect in the northern state - to stop selling alcohol, ‘The Guardian’ newspaper in Lagos reported on Wednesday.

    Yarimah said all licences granted to hotels, beer parlours and off-licence establishments had been revoked with immediate effect and that, after 27 October any Muslim caught breaking the law would be prosecuted in an Islamic court, while non-Muslims would be tried in common law courts.

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