- Bauchi State is a religiously charged and sensitive domain and the practice of handing down death penalty for alleged blasphemy by a motley crowd of self-appointed barely educated judge and jury is not a rarity among the ultra conservatives and extremists that people the north east state.
In Bauchi State, a man simply identified as yunusa has been lynched by rampaging mob for allegedly making blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad.
The man was reportedly killed by the mob on Wednesday at about 3:00 pm in Nasaru community, located in the Ningi Local Government Area of the state.
A local privy to the incident, Umar Abubakar, disclosed that an argument ensued between Yunusa and another individual during which matters came to a head.
Yunusa was said to have allegedly made the blasphemous remarks during the altercation which quickly escalated to a mob action.
He disclosed that the deceased was told to recant his statement but he refused and the mob descended on him.
“The victim was a member of the Faira Islamic Sect. When he insulted the Prophet, some young men challenged him to retract his statement. He refused and repeated it, which led to the beating,” DAILY POST quoted Abubakar as saying.
Another eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the Police initially rescued Yunusa and took him to their outpost in the community.
However, the mob overpowered the Police and killed him.
The spokesman for the Bauchi State Police Command, SP Ahmed Muhammad, has not commented on the incident.
Bauchi State is a religiously charged and culturally sensitive enclave and the practice of handing down death penalty for alleged blasphemy by a motley crowd of self-appointed barely educated judge and jury is not a rarity among the ultra conservatives and extremists that people the north east state.
In May 2021, a clutch of angry youths set a water vendor named Talle Mai Ruwa ablaze for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). in Sade village, Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Mai Ruwa was detained at a local Police station before the mob seized him from his cell and killed him.
Another incident occured in May 2022 when a Christian woman named Rhoda Jatau, a 40-year-old mother of four and health worker with the Warji Local Government Area, narrowly escaped being lynched in Katanga, the headquarters of Warji LGA, after being accused of posting a video on her office’s WhatsApp platform that was considered disrespectful to Islam, inciting the anger of the Muslim community
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