Outrage, yesterday, greeted alleged lynching of the wife of a pastor in Kano by a mob made up of Muslims over alleged blasphemy.
The woman, Bridget Agbahime, described as Igbo from Imo State, was said to have disallowed some Muslims from performing ablution in front of her shop in Kofar Wambai area of Kano metropolis, following which she was accused of blasphemy and the mob gathered to lynch her. The killing was said to have happened in the presence of the woman’s husband, Pastor Mike Agbahime, on Thursday.
President Muhammadu Buhari; Governor Abdullahi Umar of Kano State; his Imo State counterpart, Rochas Okorocha and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) led the condemnation of the murder yesterday.
The condemnation came on a day the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, called for calm on the incident and assured that justice will be done on the case.
Force Headquarters also said two suspects had been arrested in connection with the incident.
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