Some women in Kano State have stopped wearing hijabs to avoid being suspected of being suicide bombers.
This trend arose as a result of the sudden spate of suicide bombings carried out by young, Muslim teenage girls in Kano and other Northern regions last month,The News reports.
The bombings are said to have incited fear in the minds of people whenever they are around women wearing hijabs.
“I no longer wear my hijab because people now see any young woman in hijab as a potential suicide bomber because of the recent incidents. I now put on my shawl (headscarf) when I go out pending the time the city gets over the trauma of this frightening trend,” said 17-year-old Hajara Musa.