Nigerian blogger and activist Maureen Badejo, who is a lover of truth has reacted to the news of how a team of 34 lawyers, led by a law lecturer at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Professor Mansur Ibrahim, yesterday, appeared in defence of two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci, arraigned over the murder of Deborah Yakubu.
GIOTV recall that 200-level female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was stoned to death and burnt last Thursday for alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed.
Ibrahim applied for bail on behalf of the accused persons and urged the court to grant the accused persons bail on liberal terms, citing constitutional provisions and sections of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law.
The trial judge (name withheld for security reasons) reserved ruling on the bail application and ordered the accused to be remanded at the correctional centre, Sokoto.
The bloody students’ unrest was caused by an alleged blasphemy by the deceased student against the Islamic religion through a social media group. The students, in mob outrage, had traced the female student, killing her and burning her corpse at the school’s security gate after overpowering the college security personnel.
Maureen Badejo reacted by asking some reasonable questions
• What is really going on in our country?
• Is it that some people misinterpret what’s written in the holy book?
• Why is it that the Muslims in western part of Nigeria the way they practiced Islam is totally different from the way those in Northern part of Nigeria practiced it?
• Does it mean that the Muslims in Northern part of Nigeria understand this religion more than others?
• How do we address this act of barbaric?
• Does it mean these Hausa people have monopoly of madness alone?
• How can we get justice for Deborah?
Honestly there are so many misinterpretations of the word of God. She said that religion is a scam and this religion (ISLAM & CHRISTIANITY) is a borrowed religion our forefathers were neither Christians nor Muslims.
I’m not crazy about religion but HUMANITY AND LOVE these two supersede the so called religion.