Tag Archives: blasphemy

Some Muslim youths in Sokoto State, this morning May 14, filed out in their numbers to demand the release of the two suspects arrested by the police in connection with the murder of Deborah Samuel.   A student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah was killed on Thursday, May 12, …

Deborah Samuel’s coursemates have revealed her final words before she was killed.   Deborah, a 200-level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, said to have made a comment in her school’s WhatsApp platform which her Muslim colleagues considered to blaspheme Prophet Mohammed (SAW).   As a result, she …

Politician and former APC Presidential hopeful, Adamu Garba, says insulting Prophet Mohammed is one of the uncompromising redlines of any Muslim.   He stated this on his Twitter handle this morning. His tweet comes days after Sokoto student, Deborah Samuel, was murdered over allegations of blasphemy.   See Garba’s tweet below..  

President Muhamamdu Buhari has condemned the killing of a Christian student by a mob in Sokoto state over alleged blasphemy.  In a statement released by his spokesperson Garba Shehu on Friday May 13, the President stated that no one has the right to take laws into their hands.  Buhari further demanded …

A Nigerian actor Ibrahim Chatta has taken to social media to react to the gruesome murder of a female student at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto identified as Deborah Samuel. The actor in his reaction on Thursday after the unfortunate incident noted that hate speech is nothing …

A Nigerian Twitter user has recounted how he was almost killed for blasphemy while in JSS 2 in Sokoto state.   @ChinonsoOk who shared his story following report of a Christian girl, Deborah Samuel being killed for blasphemy by a mob in a College of Education in Sokoto state, said the …

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah, has condemned the killing of a female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto.   Deborah Samuel was burnt to death after she was accused of insulting Prophet Muhammad (SAW), during a heated argument with fellow students.    In a statement …

A female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE) Sokoto simply identified as Deborah was allegedly beaten and burnt to death on allegations of blasphemy today Thursday, May 12.   Deborah, who is said to be residing with her parents in Old Airport Road area of Sokoto metropolis, was accused of …