A Christian female student, identified as Deborah, has been stoned to death and burnt by the Muslim students of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Wamako, Sokoto State.
The deceased 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 where the mob took her from the personnel.
A video of the deceased being beaten and hit with sticks and subsequently burnt to death has since gone viral.
Kano State Commissioner of Information, Isa Bajini Galadanchi, said Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal had ordered that the school be shut and directed the Ministry of Higher Education and relevant security agencies to investigate the matter.
“The Governor has called on the people of the state to remain calm and maintain peace as the government would take appropriate actions on the findings of the investigation,” Bajini said.
In the viral video on Twitter, Deborah, who was in a pink dress, was lying unconscious on the floor while she was being mobbed.
After a while, the youths chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’ set her on fire using motor tyres.
One of the persons in the video confirmed he was part of those who mobbed and burnt the lady to death. He noted he struck the match that led to the fire.
“I am the one who killed her; I burnt her,” he said in the Hausa language while displaying a box of matches in his hand.
A female student of the school, who did not want her name mentioned, reportedly said that Deborah had sent a voice note on a student WhatsApp platform condemning the sharing of religious messages.
She had insisted that the group was meant and created for school work which included tests and assignments and demanded that messages related to ‘the messenger of Allah’ were not part of it.
Deborah said in a viral voice note to a WhatsApp group on Wednesday evening described such messages as ‘useless’.
It was gathered that Deborah was attacked on Thursday morning when she entered the school premises.
In a circular, the authority of the Shehu Shagari College of Education ordered the immediate closure of the school over what it described as a ‘rampage’.
“Following today’s early morning students rampage in the College, the College Management has resolved to close down the College indefinitely with immediate effect.
“Consequently, all students are hereby directed to vacate the College campus immediate,” the statement read.
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