The Sokoto police command has confirmed the k*lling of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education.
Sokoto police spokesman Sanusi Abubakar, in a statement on Thursday evening May 12, said the k*llers of the student who was accused of making a social media post that blasphemed prophet Muhammad, removed her from the security room where she was hidden by the school authorities, k*lled her and burnt the building.
Abubakar further stated that the students banded together with miscreants and barricaded the Sokoto/Jega road.
He said two students were arrested in connection with the crime committed. Abubakar added that the suspects in the viral video on Twitter were spotted and will be nailed soon.
The statement read “At about 0900hrs, a distress call was received from Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, stating that students were rioting over one female student named Deborah Samuel, a level two student, who was accused of making a social media post that blasphemed the holy prophet Muhammad (SAW).
Students forcefully removed the victim from the security room where she was hidden by the school authorities, k*lled her and b@rnt the building. The students banded together 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 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.
“Meanwhile, the suspects in the viral video on Twitter were spotted and will nailed soon.”
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