An
Upper Sharia Court in Kano State has sentenced nine persons including
one Sheikh Abdul Nyas to death over blasphemous and inciting statements
on the prophet of Islam.
Spokesperson of the Kano Sharia
Courts, Ibrahim Baba-Jibo, made this known while addressing a news
conference attended by Channels TV Correspondent, Idris Jibrin.
Early
last month, a group of Tijjaniyya sect members, during Maulud in Kano,
blasphemed the prophet of Islam and the action was followed by
widespread protest in the state.
After series of hearing, the
Kano State Upper Sharia Court, under Section 110 and Section 382B of the
Sharia Penal Code 2000, the accused persons were sentenced to death.
However,
four other persons namely Alkassim Abubakar, Yahaya Abubakar, Isa
Abubakar and Abdullahi Abubakar were discharged and acquitted as they
were not found wanting by the court.
It is therefore expected
that the nine people will be executed once the Kano State Governor
appends his signature on their execution form.
Credit: Channels
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