Late Deborah Samuel
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Police have arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci over the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a 200-Level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State.
Recall that the student was lynched to death over alleged blasphemy on May 12.
The suspects, co-students of the deceased, were arraigned at a Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court for their alleged participation in the crime on Monday.
They pleaded not guilty to the crime.
Prosecuting Inspector Khalil Musa told the court that an investigation was in progress as Deborah’s corpse was still in a morgue at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto.
The defence counsel, Prof. Mansur Ibrahim, who led a team of 35 lawyers, applied for their bail on liberal terms, citing constitutional provisions and sections of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law.
The trial judge, whose name was withheld for security reasons, reserved the ruling on the bail application and ordered the accused to be remanded at a correctional centre.
Before her death, Deborah Samuel was accused of blasphemy on a WhatsApp chat platform set up by her coursemates and refused to retract her post after she was asked to pull it down.
A violent street protest followed the arrest of suspects linked to the lynching of Deborah as the protesters demanded their immediate release by security operatives.
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Governor Aminu Tambuwal consequently imposed a 24-hour curfew on Sokoto metropolis on Saturday. He relaxed the curfew on Monday to be observed from dusk to dawn.
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