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Alleged Blasphemy: Police Nab Suspects Over Killing Of Female College Student In Sokoto

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3 years ago

May 12, 2022

Policemen of Sokoto Police Command received a distress call from Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, stating that students were rioting over one female student identified as Deborah Samuel, a level two student.

Deborah Samuel a 200 hundred level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto was accused of making a social media post that blasphemed the holy prophet Muhammad (SAW).

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It was gathered that students forcefully removed the victim from the security room where she was hidden by the school authorities, killed her and burnt the building.

The students also teamed up with miscreants and barricaded the Sokoto/Jega road.

Upon receiving the information, the DC Operations led a team of policemen and all other operational commanders in the state to the school where the road was cleared and the situation was brought under control.

Two students were also arrested in connection with the crime committed.

The school has been closed down by the school authority, and policemen were deployed to give tight security coverage.

The Commissioner of Police, Sokoto State Command, CP Kamaldeen kola Okunlola fdc,mnim is appealing to members of the public to go about their lawful activities and should not panic as the situation is under control. Meanwhile, the suspects in the viral video on Twitter were spotted and will be nailed soon.

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