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Blasphemy: Groups beg Buhari for Singer Sharif-Aminu’s life

Davies Ngere Ify by Davies Ngere Ify
May 20, 2023
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Blasphemy: Groups beg Buhari for Singer Sharif-Aminu’s life

Unchained Vibes Africa, in collaboration with Nigerian, African, and international organisations, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari (retd) to commute the death sentence of Nigerian Sufi singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who has been imprisoned since 2020.

In March 2020, Kano resident Sharif-Aminu was held without bond after being accused of blasphemy for allegedly defaming the Prophet Muhammad (PHUB) in two WhatsApp audio conversations.

While he was in custody, a mob set fire to his house.

He was found guilty of violating Section 382(b) of the Kano State Sharia Penal Code Law during his trial and sentenced to death by hanging in August 2020.

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A different court overturned Sharif-Aminu’s conviction, but a retrial was ordered, and he will almost certainly be sentenced to death.

He is currently appealing his case before the Supreme Court of Nigeria, claiming that 382(b) is unconstitutional and violates international law, particularly the African Charter.

The teenage singer was sentenced to three years in prison for his “peaceful and brief remarks that merely expressed his religious beliefs,” according to a statement signed by Unchained Vibes Africa and various Nigerian, African, and international organisations.

The group claimed that the Nigerian Constitution as well as the African Charter, which both safeguard freedom of expression and freedom of religion or belief and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, were violated by Kano State’s blasphemy statute.

The statement read, “The African Charter and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights also require that the death penalty be reserved only for the most serious crimes in those States that have not abolished the death penalty. In no sense can the mere posting of peaceful audio messages expressing one’s beliefs amount to a severe crime warranting death, or even any crime at all.

“International observers have condemned the continuing prosecution of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu and called for his release. On April 20 of this year, the European Parliament overwhelmingly called on Nigeria to immediately release Sharif-Aminu and found that Nigeria’s blasphemy laws “are in violation of its international human rights commitments, the African Charter and the Nigerian Constitution. Officials from the United Nations have similarly raised concerns over his prosecution and called for his release, as have the United Kingdom and the United States.

“Yahaya Sharif-Aminu should never have been arrested and imprisoned in the first instance. Instead, he has had to suffer mob violence and spend years in prison for simply and peacefully sharing his belief with others.

“A democracy cannot function when the most basic freedoms are not protected, and as the largest democracy in Africa, Nigeria’s example matters.”

Nigeria, the group said, can set a strong example of its willingness to protect the rights of its citizens through Buhari’s immediate release of the Kano singer.

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