{"id":94890,"date":"2022-05-14T14:37:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T13:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94890"},"modified":"2022-05-14T14:37:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T13:37:25","slug":"just-in-blasphemy-youths-plan-protest-in-sokoto-demand-release-of-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/just-in-blasphemy-youths-plan-protest-in-sokoto-demand-release-of-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN] Blasphemy: Youths plan protest in Sokoto, demand release of suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1732804446502711349\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSome Muslim youths are planning a protest in Sokoto State to demand the release of two suspects arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of Deborah Yakubu, Pointblanknews.com has learnt.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah, a Christian youth and 200-level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was mauled and burnt to death for alleged blasphemy of Prophet Muhammad (SAW).<\/p>\n<p>In a notice circulating online, the youths agreed to meet at the Gawon Nama Roundabout by 9am.<\/p>\n<p>Two phone numbers were scribbled on the notice but the date of the meeting was not stated in the e-flyer written in Hausa.<\/p>\n<p>\ufffc<br \/>\nThe translated version of the notice read, \u201cWe are calling on Muslims in Sokoto State to gather where there was a riot to save brethren in Islam that are battling the faith of Islam and upholding the respect of prophet of Allah S.A.W.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Police Public Relations Officer in Sokoto, Sanusi Abubabar, confirmed the brewing protest in a chat with newsmen on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are on top of the situation,\u201d he told our correspondent, adding that the police authorities in Sokoto are in talks with leaders of thoughts and opinion moulders in the state.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe police in Sokoto had confirmed the killing of Deborah by extremists on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents forcefully removed the victim from the security room where the school authorities hid her, killed her and burnt the building. The students banded together with miscreants and barricaded the Sokoto\/Jega road,\u201d the PPRO had said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo students were arrested in connection with the crime committed. The school has been closed down by the school authority, and policemen were deployed to give tight security coverage,\u201d Abubakar had added.<\/p>\n<p>Many civil society groups and lawyers have condemned the murder of Deborah while some persons have defended the mob action.<\/p>\n<p>Sokoto, a state in Nigeria\u2019s North-West has a more Muslim population than Christians and there have been cases of sectarian strife and religion-triggered extrajudicial killings.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/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>Some Muslim youths are planning a protest in Sokoto State to demand the release of two suspects arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of Deborah Yakubu, Pointblanknews.com has learnt.&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":1187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94890","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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