Deborah Yakubu: Police launch hunt, two suspects arrested
The police said they have arrested two suspects and have spread their dragnet towards apprehending the otber suspects in the mob burning of a female student over what they called religious blasphemy.
Sanusi Abubakar, the police public relations officer in the state, said other suspects caught in the viral video on Twitter “will soon be nailed too.”
The Sokoto State command of the Nigeria Police confirmed the arrest two persons in connection with the mob killing of a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Ms. Deborah Yakubu.
Ms. Yakubu, a second year student of Home Economics was killed and her body burnt on the campus of the College by her course mates who accused her of blasphemy to Prophet Mohammed.
In his reaction to this shocking and inhuman act, the state police spokesperson, Mr Abubakar, said the students had “forcefully removed the victim from the security room of the College where she was hidden by the school authorities, killed her and burnt the building.”
The police statement said, “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, killed her and burnt 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.”
The statement added the other suspects as exposed by the video clip of the incident in circulation will be apprehended as the police have launched a hunt for them.