A former chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Sam Amadi, has lamented the lack of justice concerning the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student who was lynched for alleged blasphemy.

Deborah, a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, was killed by fellow students in May for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.

On his Instagram page on Monday, Amadi lamented that nobody had been prosecuted for the student’s murder because Nigeria had continued to appease “religious fundamentalists”.

He wrote, “Nobody has been arrested and prosecuted for the murder of Deborah. Nobody will. This is because Nigeria is managed as a theocratic neo-feudal state. Nigeria’s path to development passes through dismantling the religious construction of the foundation of the Nigerian state. All through, Nigeria has continued to appease religious fundamentalists.”

The rights activist alleged that the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, and the Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, did nothing to prosecute the killers so they would not annoy “some crazy religious fundamentalists”.

Amadi added, “Neither the IGP nor Governor Tambuwal has done anything to arrest and prosecute those who killed Deborah because if we do so, we annoy some crazy religious fundamentalists, who may be crazy fellows. The backlash of such annoyance will be politically costly.

“Nigeria is trapped in backwardness of undue intermingling with religion. As long as it continues on this part, it cannot be a coherent modern democratic state.”

Amadi’s post comes shortly after the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, revealed why he deleted his tweet condemning Deborah’s murder.

CaptainAyub:
Pastor Mrs Bridget Agbahime simply told her neighbour in her shop in Kano not to pour water/perform ablution in front of her shop.
The idiot started shouting "Allah Akbar" and "blasphemy".
The crowd that gathered never bothered to ask what she allegedly did.
They immediately killed her.
The idiot neighbour was initially arrested plus few other ring leaders of the mob.
After a few months, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KANO STATE SIMPLY ENTERED A 'NO CASE SUBMISSION' FOR ALL THE ACCUSED.
ALL OF THEM WERE FREED.
THE NEIGHBOUR WENT BACK AND CONTINUED THREATENING THE VICTIM'S HUSBAND,THAT HE WILL FINISH HIM OFF.
The man had to abandon every and relocate to his village,after more than 35yrs in Kano.
So,Deborah's case is not a strange thing,that is how abokkis roll.
Gimme Biafra joor,tired of living with animals who will kill their fellow countrymen for a cartoon drawn by a white man in faraway Denmark!

He wrote, “Nobody has been arrested and prosecuted for the murder of Deborah. Nobody will. This is because Nigeria is managed as a theocratic neo-feudal state. Nigeria’s path to development passes through dismantling the religious construction of the foundation of the Nigerian state. All through, Nigeria has continued to appease religious fundamentalists.”

The rights activist alleged that the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, and the Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, did nothing to prosecute the killers so they would not annoy “some crazy religious fundamentalists”.

Tochi3:
Thief'nubu & his APCshit urchins who mutated from the era of zombeism in 2015 are responsible...

They are thesame sick fundamentalist crying & figthing tooth & nail to force the Mu mu ticket of APCshit on Nigerians ...

I pity mostly the Christians especially the ones from the west thinking it is their emilokan...

All Christians must reject the demonic mu mu ticket Championed by the scallywag Thief'nubu

Peterobiisathie:
Nobody has been prosecuted for the killing of innocent Igbos by the ipob terrorists since 2017