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By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja –
The Sokoto State Police Command has announced that the suspects in the viral video on Twitter showing how a female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto was stoned and burnt to death over alleged blasphemy, were spotted and will be nailed soon.
The female student named Deborah Samuel, stoned to death by her own school mates for allegedly blaspheming Islam prophet.
It was learnt that she was accused of passing unflattering comments about Prophet Mohammed on campus.
Following immediate threats to her safety, she was immediately evacuated to the security post of the school, according to a student who witnessed the development and passed its preliminary details to newsmen.
The mob however pursued her to the security post and overpowered the personnel there, according to the source.
Detailed reports about the student’s information were sketchy, but a video has already circulated online showing how the student was set alight.
In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sanusi Abubakar, confirmed the incident.
The statement reads:
“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).
“The 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 Commissioner of Police, Sokoto State Command, CP Kamaldeen kola Okunlola fdc,mnim is appealing to members of the public to go about their lawful activities and should not panic as the situation is under control.
“Meanwhile, the suspects in the viral video on Twitter were spotted and will be nailed soon.”
