Sokoto is presently under fire. Hundreds of Islamic Youths, Fundamentalists, are out in full force. They are rioting. They are protesting the arrest of two people by the Sokoto State Police Command, involved in the grisly murder of a Deborah Samuel, a Christian student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, for alleged blasphemy.
They are demanding, violently, the release of the arrested, or they would, on their own, release them by force. Opinion is that they could burn down the Police Command Headquarters.
In the process, they are attacking everything and everyone Christian.
The Seat of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Cathedral, is under attack. It is on fire. The prayers are that Bishop Kukah is not within, and is safe.
Kukah, in a statement, after Deborah’s murder, had strongly condemned the tragedy, asked for the arrest of the perpetrators, but called on the Christian Community in Sokoto, to keep calm.
The youths are also attacking Christians individually. One Christian woman, in her home, was dragged out, attacked and badly beaten and clubbed. Her survival could be in doubt, from the frightening video of her attack. Others are suffering same fate.
Security Agents are out in full force, and trying their best to handle the situation, but the youths are overwhelming and very aggressive and angry. Guns are booming.
Deborah was, on Thursday, May 12, 2022, stoned and clubbed to death by her school mates. Her body was then set ablaze. They videod the gory , scene and posted same on social media, and were jubiliating.
Outrage greeted the gruesome murder by the civilised World. The United Kingdom has called for the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators.
The Sokoto Sultanate, also, condemned the murder, and appealed for calm.
Alarmed at the violent riots by Muslim youths which erupted in Sokoto, Sokoto State on Saturday, May 14, 2022, the Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has slammed a 24-hour curfew on Sokoto with immediate effect. It is not known if the Muslim Youths who stormed the streets in their hundreds, will obey the Governor’s order, and what Security Agents could do if they don’t. Read More
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