8 killed by angry mob in Zamfara over alleged blasphemy
Tue Aug 23, 2016 09:42:am Gist
3K By Buchi Obichie
No fewer than eight persons were killed on Monday in Talata-Mafara community in Zamfara State.
The violence followed a case of alleged blasphemy by a student of the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic in the community.
The state Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, joined hundreds of people to bury the deceased, who were said to have all been killed when an angry mob set fire on the house of a man who tried to rescue the student.
The student was alleged to have made a blasphemous statement against Islam and Prophet Muhammad and was consequently attacked by a mob.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the boy was said to have been beaten to a pulp by the mob, and the man, identified as one Tajudeen, took him in his car and drove him to a hospital.
Eye witnesses disclosed to NAN that the mob moved to his (Tajudeen's) house, set it on fire and killed eight persons, as they were enraged by his act of kindness.
An emergency security council meeting over the incident was convened by Governor Yari, who expressed sadness and vowed that "no stone will be left unturned until all those behind this act are brought to book."
A 12-hour curfew from 7p.m. to 7a.m. daily has been imposed upon the community by the police, until further notice.
The violence followed a case of alleged blasphemy by a student of the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic in the community.
The state Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, joined hundreds of people to bury the deceased, who were said to have all been killed when an angry mob set fire on the house of a man who tried to rescue the student.
The student was alleged to have made a blasphemous statement against Islam and Prophet Muhammad and was consequently attacked by a mob.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the boy was said to have been beaten to a pulp by the mob, and the man, identified as one Tajudeen, took him in his car and drove him to a hospital.
Eye witnesses disclosed to NAN that the mob moved to his (Tajudeen's) house, set it on fire and killed eight persons, as they were enraged by his act of kindness.
An emergency security council meeting over the incident was convened by Governor Yari, who expressed sadness and vowed that "no stone will be left unturned until all those behind this act are brought to book."
A 12-hour curfew from 7p.m. to 7a.m. daily has been imposed upon the community by the police, until further notice.
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