{"id":83398,"date":"2021-07-09T10:05:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T09:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83398"},"modified":"2021-07-09T10:05:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T09:05:18","slug":"pandemonium-as-youths-storm-sultans-palace-over-blasphemous-comment-against-prophet-muhammad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pandemonium-as-youths-storm-sultans-palace-over-blasphemous-comment-against-prophet-muhammad\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemonium as youths storm Sultan\u2019s palace over \u2018blasphemous comment\u2019 against Prophet Muhammad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1704796516491190880\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Pandemonium broke out in Sokoto on Thursday when youths in a large number stormed the palace of the Sultan, Muhammadu Sa\u2019ad Abubakar asking him to arrest one Isma\u2019ila Sani Isah for allegedly posting a blasphemous comment against the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) via his social media handle.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com gathered that the suspect, upon failing to secure a local government job, made the comment to register his grievance against the religion.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe protesting youths stormed the area on Thursday evening with placards, among which read \u201cWe are calling on the Sultanate Council to take the necessary measure against the perpetrator\u201d and \u201cIsma\u2019il must die\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIt was learnt that the security operatives led by the Divisional Police Officer of Marina police station, Chief Superintendent M Y Maru, attached to the palace, denied the protesters entrance.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe DPO who addressed the angry youths, appealed to them to be calm, saying the command had arrested the suspect.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAccording to him, the wanted man was under detention at the Criminal Investigation Department of the state command.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe have arrested the suspect. He is currently under detention at the CID office and I can lead your leaders to the headquarters to confirm,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAt the police headquarters, the deputy Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Abdullahi, while receiving leaders of the youths, assured them that the suspect would be arraigned before a Shari\u2019ah court on Monday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pandemonium broke out in Sokoto on Thursday when youths in a large number stormed the palace of the Sultan, Muhammadu Sa\u2019ad Abubakar asking him to arrest one Isma\u2019ila Sani Isah&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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