Let me and others serve 120 months in Nigerian prison, Auschwitz Memorial director writes Buhari over 13-year boy sentenced for blasphemy

DR. Piotr Cywinski, the Director of Auschwitz Memorial Museum, Poland says he and other volunteers gathered from around the world are willing to serve the 1o years jail term on behalf of Omar Farouq, a 13-year-old boy, sentenced by a Sharia Court in Kano to 10 years in prison over alleged blasphemy against God.

Cywinski stated this in a letter written to President Muhammadu Buhari seeking his intervention in the sentence of Farouq.

“However, if it turns out that the words of this child absolutely require 120 months of imprisonment, and even if you are not able to change that, I suggest that in place of the child, 120 adult volunteers from all over the world, gathered by us — myself personally among them — should each serve a month in a Nigerian prison,” Cywiński wrote.

“In total, the price for the child’s transgression will be the same, and we will avoid the worst.”

Cywinski in the statement personally signed by him said regardless of what Farooq said, he cannot be treated as fully aware and responsible, given his age.

According to him, “he should not be subjected to the loss of the entirety of his youth, be deprived of opportunities and stigmatised physically, emotionally and educationally for the rest of his life. I am convinced that the authority you possess can still undo this sentence.”

The Auschwitz Memorial Museum director also pledged to finance the education of Farouq if his request is granted.

Farouq’s sentence has been met with public outcry and condemnation as the United Nations Children’s Agency, (UNICEF) on September 18 in a statement condemned the Kano court for upholding the 10-year prison sentence with manual labour for a 13-year-old boy convicted of blasphemy.

UNICEF said it firmly opposed the sentence, saying it contravened core principles of children’s rights and justice in Nigeria.

It called on the Nigerian Government and the Kano State Government to urgently review the case with a view to reversing the sentence.

“The sentencing of this child – 13-year-old Omar Farouk – to 10 years in prison with menial labour is wrong,” said Peter Hawkins, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria.

“It also negates all core underlying principles of child rights and child justice that Nigeria – and by implication, Kano State – has signed on to.”

It would be recalled that Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a Kano-based musician was also last month sentenced to death for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.

READ HERE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/let-me-and-others-serve-120-months-in-nigerian-prison-auschwitz-memorial-director-writes-buhari-over-13-year-boy-sentenced-for-blasphemy/

Unfortunately, Buhari is currently deaf

If the presidency has the power it would do something about it.

The boy is a minor and requires special intervention.

However, Laws of a society should never be toyed with.

Not in Europe and certainly not in Nigeria.

Golan007:
If the presidency has the power it would do something about it.

The boy is a minor and requires special intervention.

However, Laws of a society should never be toyed with.

Not in Europe and certainly not in Nigeria.

You are mad.

Golan007:
If the presidency has the power it would do something about it.

The boy is a minor and requires special intervention.

However, Laws of a society should never be toyed with.

Not in Europe and certainly not in Nigeria.

Did you read what you wrote before posting at all?

Nigeria's law supersedes any useless law out there. Few weeks ago the supreme court overturned the age-old tradition of excluding women from inheriting family properties, why can't this barbaric and satanic judgment on a minor of 13 year be overturned?

GreyLaw:


Did you read what you wrote before posting at all?

Nigeria's law supersedes any useless law out there. Few weeks ago the supreme court overturned the age-old tradition of excluding women from inheriting family properties, why can't this barbaric and satanic judgment on a minor of 13 year be overturned?

There is nothing to read.

Even the most advanced nations have laws which sometimes incarcerate juveniles.

I am not in support of his incarceration but many of you pretend as if it is only in Nigeria that juveniles can be sentenced.

Compassionate

Golan007:


There is nothing to read.

Even the most advanced nations have laws which sometimes incarcerate juveniles.

I am not in support of his incarceration but many of you pretend as if it is only in Nigeria that juveniles can be sentenced.

what's the crimes of other juvenile incarcerated in another country?

is it blasphemy?....

powerhouse3:
what's the crimes of other juvenile incarcerated in another country?

is it blasphemy?....

Must our laws be as that of others?

What do you think the sentence would be in Saudi Arabia or even Indonesia?

Golan007:


There is nothing to read.

Even the most advanced nations have laws which sometimes incarcerate juveniles.

I am not in support of his incarceration but many of you pretend as if it is only in Nigeria that juveniles can be sentenced.

Juveniles are sent to homes, not incarcerated like adults....