Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- Six women have been arrested in Gadaka, Yobe State, after a Hisbah operation uncovered suspected commercial sex work in the community.

The women were picked up in the Abuja area of Gadaka, Fika Local Government Area, during a recent operation by operatives of the Yobe State Hisbah Commission.

The operation, according to the commission, also targeted bars suspected of selling and processing alcoholic drinks as part of a wider enforcement exercise aimed at curbing activities considered contrary to the state's religious and moral values.

The Head of Administration of the Hisbah Commission in Fika LGA, Malam Musa Abari Talba, disclosed the arrests while speaking to journalists.

Talba said the operation went beyond enfo...