{"id":95717,"date":"2022-06-04T19:14:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T18:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=95717"},"modified":"2022-06-04T19:14:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T18:14:21","slug":"breaking-security-man-stoned-burnt-alive-over-blasphemy-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-security-man-stoned-burnt-alive-over-blasphemy-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Security man stoned, burnt alive over blasphemy in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1734722507524174339\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A mob has stoned and burnt alive a vigilante in Abuja, Nigeria\u2019s capital, over an alleged blasphemous expression against Prophet Muhammad.<\/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\">\nThe incident took place in the Timber Market in Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Lugbe area of Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The man, said to be a vigilante from one of the northern states, was accused of blaspheming Prophet Mohammed (SAW).<\/p>\n<p>It was learnt that his accusers first gorged out the man\u2019s eyes in one of the security posts in Timber Market where he was locked up, then stoned and immediately set him ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>A stampede broke out as traders, artisans, motorists and passersby ran helter-skelter for their lives following the brutal killing of the man.<\/p>\n<p>Policemen from Lugbe station arrived the scene and fired gunshots into the air for more than 40 minutes to disperse the hoodlums.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, the intervention came late, as the middle aged victim had already burned to death as at the time the security agents arrived the scene.<\/p>\n<p>There is fear that a fight may break out in communities around the market, such as Sauka and Tudun Wada.<\/p>\n<p>The police have yet to comment on the incident, which happened just as the dust is yet to settle on the lynching and burning, by schoolmates, of Miss Deborah Samuel, a 200-level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, over alleged blasphemy of Prophet Mohammed (SAW).<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Deborah\u2019s alleged killers have been charged for \u201ccriminal conspiracy and inciting violence\u201d, rather than murder \u2013 a development which has been widely condemned as a mere slap on the wrist.<\/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>A mob has stoned and burnt alive a vigilante in Abuja, Nigeria\u2019s capital, over an alleged blasphemous expression against Prophet Muhammad. 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