Abuja Blasphemy Burning: Police Confirm Incident, Give Instructions

The Police in Abuja is set to begin investigation after the burning of a member of a vigilance group after he was reportedly beaten to pulp on Saturday by an angry mob for allegedly blasphemy. 

This is coming less than a month after Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was accused of blasphemy and was killed and set ablaze by a mob in the school campus.

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GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the vigilance group guarding the Timber shed market at the Federal Housing Estate in Abuja had attempted to arrest some residents who were wandering around the market in the early hours of Saturday.

Sources revealed that residents of the Abuja community begged the vigilance group to set them free in the name of Allah, but one of the vigilantes refused and reportedly made a comment that was said to blasphemy and which led to the burning of the vigilance group member.

A trader disclosed that the vigilance group members tried to hide their colleague who was after making the blasphemous statement but was overpowered by the angry mob.

However, the spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Josephine Adeh, who confirmed the incident, told newsmen that normalcy had been restored to the area, adding that monitoring and surveillance of the area would continue.

Adeh added, “Residents are however urged to go about their lawful duties without fear or apprehension of any kind from any quarters as discrete investigation continues, to unravel facts surrounding the ugly incident and to arrest the perpetrators.

“Upon the receipt of this information, a quick intervention team comprising the Surveillance and Ambush team of the Command attached to the Lugbe Divisional Police Headquarters was drafted to the scene where the victim was rescued after suffering severe degrees of burns and taken immediately to the hospital where he was confirmed dead by a doctor on call.”

Narrating what the burning and blasphemy incident in Abuja, she said, “We understand that one Ahmad Usman, a 30 year old member of the local vigilante around Tippa garage at Federal Housing Estate in Lugbe Area of the Federal Capital Territory got into an argument with a cleric whose name is yet unknown from the same area.

“The heated argument degenerated into an outbreak of violence that led to the murder and setting ablaze of Ahmad Usman by the enraged mob who were mobilised by the clergy.”

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