Some students of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, on Thursday, lynched a female student, identified simply as Deborah, over an allegation of blasphemy against Muhammed, a prophet of Islam.

The deceased was violently stoned to death and later set ablaze by the angry mob, who are mostly students of the college.

The college authorities immediately announced the closure of the school and ordered students to vacate the campus.

Alleged offence
The deceased was seen in a video that has gone viral on social media being violently attacked until she collapsed and was set ablaze.

She was said to have made “derogatory comments” against the prophet on a WhatsApp platform.

How it happened
A student of the college identified only by her first name, Jamila, narrated to PREMIUM TIMES how the incident started on Wednesday.

She said it all started when someone sent a broadcast message to a WhatsApp group of the students, to which Deborah,the murdered student, belonged.

“It was that kind of message that will ask you to share with other groups if you don’t want evil to befall you,” said Jamila.

But the now deceased Deborah complained that such messages should not be sent to a WhatsApp group created for the sharing of important information about tests and assignments.

“Send us important information. This group was not created for you to send useless information. It was created for you to send past questions if there is a test or an assignment. It is not for you to send useless information. Which prophet?”, the late Deborah was quoted to have stated this in a voice note she shared to the WhatsApp group.

Jamila said although she later deleted the voice note, other members of the group had shared it among their friends in the school. It eventually sparked tension among the students on the campus.

PREMIUM TIMES learnt that when the students tried to mob Deborah, the school’s security men came to her rescue. They informed the police when the situation started to get out of hand.

But a resident of Bado, the host community of the college, Ibrahim, said the police couldn’t rescue Deborah as the mob kept hurling stones and objects at the police and the shelter where she was kept. PREMIUM TIMES.

Evil religion called Islam.

Na wah for this religion oo

If Mohammed is angry about wat she said, why didn't he fight her himself, did he send them to fight for him

U people should stop this religious violence, it is not good...is this the peace islam claims to portray

I am sure they have hatred already for Christians, this singular act shows that......

They think they are fighting a just fight meanwhile it is just ignorance.....


But all the same.....everyone should learn to respect other people's religions....if she had ignored the message, this wont have happened....because some people can kill for wat they believe


Reminds me of the lady that did a vedio with cultist incarnations on ticktok vedio...she was luck to survive....let's be guided

I off my mic

All of them are basterds. Demonic religion. These northern animals shouldn't live among humans.

Dreal1247:
Evil religion called Islam.

oga rest.

May her soul rest in peace... What if we get to heaven and the prophet said he doesn't tell any to fight for him base on religion

They will all walk freely tomorrow

Northern part of this country is a mess. What the effect of thou should not kill in these people and jet they will claim they are worshipping God... U don't fight for God.. If this should happen in Saudi and sure those response will be beheaded... That's where the origin of the religion came from oo. All they do in the north is opposite to these people.. Drugs is one of them, and so on.