A Bauchi State resident, who has been in prison for 18 months for condemning the killing of Samuel Deborah in Sokoto State, Rhoda Jatau on Friday regained freedom. According to reliable sources, Jatau’s release was facilitated by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, NIREC, and the Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria, CSWN….
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that he deleted an earlier tweet on the murder of a student, Deborah Samuel, by religious extremists in a school in Sokoto because it didn’t get the necessary approval from him before it was sent out. Atiku said he condemned the…
The Sokoto State Police Command has revealed that its operatives are still in search of the suspected killers of a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel. The Informant247 recalls that Samuel was stoned to death in May, 2022, by some students suspected to be her classmates over alleged blasphemy. The spokesperson…
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has received the report of a committee set up by the state government to investigate the 12th May students’ unrest at the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE). This is contained in a statement signed on Tuesday by Muhammad Bello, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor….
Chibuzor Chinyere, General Overseer of Omega Power Ministry (OPM), has donated a house and a car to the family of Deborah Samuel. The Informant247 had reported that Deborah, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was beaten, stoned and burnt to death by a mob over alleged blasphemy on May 12. The…
Members of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Osun State, on Sunday, staged a peaceful protest at the secretariat of the association, demanding that those involved in the recent killing of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto State be punished according to the law. Addressing the protesters, Osun CAN chairman, Bishop Amos Ogunrinde, declared that the killing…
The worldwide popular Nigerian playwright, Professor Wole Soyinka, has expressed concern about the comment of the Chief Imam of Abuja National Mosque, Professor Ibrahim Maqari Yakub on the death of Deborah Samuel. The nobel laureate has called for the immediate sack of the Chief Imam, faulting his reaction to the death of Deborah, a female…
The Hausa Christians Foundation (HACFO) said they would not bow to persecution and killings of faithful in Nigeria’s North. The reaction followed recent events including the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel. The Shehu Shagari College of Education student was lynched last Thursday in Sokoto State. The European Union (EU), the United Kingdom, the Nigerian Bar…
The Police have arraigned two suspects connected with the killing of the 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel, accused of blasphemy. The suspects – Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunchi – also students of the college, were arraigned before a magistrate’s court in the state on Monday. Police First Information Report…
Founder and President, Love for All Nations Minister, Yinka Yusuf, has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari for referring to Jesus Christ as a prophet. Remember that Buhari while reacting to the killing of Deborah Samuel who was killed over an alleged blasphemy in Sokoto State, said “Muslims all over the world demand respect for the Holy…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (19 Northern States and Abuja) has called on the federal and state governments not to sweep under the carpet, the matter of a female Christian student, Deborah Samuel, who was gruesomely killed in Sokoto last week. Northern CAN’s spokesperson, Chaplain Jechonia Gilbert, made the call via a statement released in…
Sokoto State government has relaxed the 24-hour curfew it placed on the state following violent protest over the arrest of some suspects of the killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Isah Bajini, via a statement said: “Sequel to the briefing by the security heads in the State, the…
Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams has condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel. While demanding justice for the victim and her family, Adams said the perpetrators must be brought to book. In a statement released by his spokesperson, on Sunday, Kehinde Aderemi reminded the public that Nigeria is not a lawless country. Adams…
Mrs. Alheri Emmanuel, mother of Deborah, who was gruesomely murdered by a mob at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, by her schoolmates last Thursday, has vowed never to allow any of her remaining seven children go to school again to avoid the fate that befell her promising daughter. She spoke as the husband and…
The prime suspect in the murder of the 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, is not a Nigerian, top police officials reportedly told Peoples Gazette. The police said that the man whose face is well captured in the viral video of Deborah’s cruel killing, is strongly suspected to be a…
The Sokoto State Government has announced the suspension of the resumption of basic and secondary schools in the State by one week. The schools are supposed to resume on Sunday and Monday for boarding and day students respectively. The suspension was made known in a statement by Malam Ibrahim Iya, spokesperson of the Ministry of…
Sokoto youths protest, demand release of students arrested over killing of Deborah Samuel Some Muslim youths in Sokoto State on Saturday morning, trooped out to the streets in their numbers to protest against those accusing them of resorting to self-help and jungle justice over the killing of a female student for alleged blasphemy. The youths…
Captain Jamil Abubakar, the son of a former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has defended the killing of Blasphemers. Jamil, who is an experienced pilot and President of JMD Foundation, a non-profit organisation, said this in a tweet on Friday. He said, “the punishment for blasphemy is death.” He made this statement while reacting to…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel, over an allegation of blasphemy as deeply distressing. Speaking to newsmen on Friday Osinbajo at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, shortly after his arrival from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Osinbajo…
A classmate of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College Education, Sokoto, who was killed on Thursday for allegedly “making blasphemous statements about Prophet Muhammad (SAW), has revealed how Deborah had pleaded for mercy and called out for help before her death. Deborah’s coursemates, identified simply as Rakia, told Vanguard that the last word…
