Man stoned to death in Sokoto for blasphemy
A man who is a butcher has been stoned to death for blasphemy yesterday, Sunday I Sokoto state.
This man has been identified as Usman Buds. He was killed yesterday after being stoned repeatedly for alleged blasphemy.
He had reportedly made some blasphemous statements against Prophet Muhammed and allegedly refused to repent when his fellow butchers asked him to
This was what led to his brutal death. Some witnesses revealed that after he made the statement, he refused to retract it and this angered others who then began to stone him.
The man and his family lived in the Gidan Igwe area in Sokoto.
Recall a similar incident happened last year when a girl named Deborah Samuel was also killed for alleged blasphemy.
When the incident was happening, efforts to reach the chairman of the Sokoto state Butchers Association and the acting police public relations were not working.
The incident was recorded by some bystanders and the video has gone viral on social media.
See video (viewers discretion)
A man who is a butcher has been stoned to death for blasphemy yesterday, Sunday I Sokoto state.
This man has been identified as Usman Buds. He was killed yesterday after being stoned repeatedly for alleged blasphemy.
He had reportedly made some blasphemous statements against Prophet Muhammed and allegedly refused to repent when his fellow butchers asked him to
This was what led to his brutal death. Some witnesses revealed that after he made the statement, he refused to retract it and this angered others who then began to stone him.
The man and his family lived in the Gidan Igwe area in Sokoto.
Recall a similar incident happened last year when a girl named Deborah Samuel was also killed for alleged blasphemy.
When the incident was happening, efforts to reach the chairman of the Sokoto state Butchers Association and the acting police public relations were not working.
The incident was recorded by some bystanders and the video has gone viral on social media.
See video (viewers discretion)