AntiChristian:
It seems only Deborah has been killed unjustly in Nigeria or is it just because the case happened under a religious setting hence people need to keep calling a dog a bad name to hang it?

Deborah is dead! The Culprits are being detained! So why the noise?

The South Eastern Gunmen who killed a Northern woman and her kids won't get media attention like Deborah!

That's why nothing get's done in Nigeria a place where people protest on injustice selectively and discriminatingly.

We just shout and shout and later keep quiet after a while we return to status quo.

Say no to Jungle justice!
But keep your mouth shut where and when necessary!

Eriggs:
Deborah, all your killers will never know peace all their satanic lives.
They will all die just as they murdered you.

But come to think of it,
The same hypocrites and brainwashed fools condemning the brutal killings of Deborah by those animals are the same idiots supporting the foolish cownu murderers that cut off the heads of husband and wife, and not only that, cutting off the innocent ladies private part.
Na ogun go kill all of una hypocrites, condemning one murder and praising the other murder.

If you condemn both murders, God bless your soul.
If you condemn one and leave one. U no go ever die better for dis life. Cannibals and murderers. Show your face here now

FixNigeria2023:
This is a clear example that Christians are not United and weak...how can this despicable act be done to a fellow Christian and no protest or action.. well the North have really shown us we are nothing but slaves to them.. Thanks to my western brothers

Pristine664:
Deborah was not a practicing Muslim so where is the blasphemy coming from?

If it is by that, then referring to Jesus as "one of the Prophets" is the greatest blasphemy to Christianity from Muslims too.

xpressionx:
If it comes to a time we have North Nigeria and South Nigeria,just like North and South korea.


Under 2years North Nigeria will be like Somalia,Mali and Libya combined because we don't know what they are even fighting for.

NOETHNICITY:
The brutal coldblooded killing of a hijab wearing muslim woman and her four kids yesterday by Ipob in the east yesterday surpasses the killing of Deborah.
Haters can say whatever they like. I'm yet to hear Peter Obi react to killing. The poor media coverage of the killing reeks of crass media bias

post=113122450:
there ain't nothing like good Muslim. Islamabad, end of story. But you have an empty skull





Our good Muslim friends on Nairaland,
Please what is the stance of the Shariah law about adulterous men??



That being said,
This brutal act must be condemn by everybody


We keep wondering,
If these so called undergraduates can behave in an animalistic way like this and show this level of intolerance, what do we expect from the stark illiterates that do not even know what education is?

In this 21st century?
This is alarming.
This is petryfying.
This is Barbaric.
This must be condemn from all angles.

The evil perpetrators must be brought to book like NOW!!!


That is not just right at all.
Deborah's killer must be fished out, to nip this senseless killings/murders in the bud once and for all.
This is 21st century for crying out loud.

AntiChristian:
It seems only Deborah has been killed unjustly in Nigeria or is it just because the case happened under a religious setting hence people need to keep calling a dog a bad name to hang it?

Deborah is dead! The Culprits are being detained! So why the noise?

The South Eastern Gunmen who killed a Northern woman and her kids won't get media attention like Deborah!

That's why nothing get's done in Nigeria a place where people protest on injustice selectively and discriminatingly.

We just shout and shout and later keep quiet after a while we return to status quo.

Say no to Jungle justice!
But keep your mouth shut where and when necessary!

NOETHNICITY:
You are quite correct, even the killing of a muslim woman and her four kids yesterday by Ipob requires similar protest and condemnation.

Salihusaliheen:
what then shall we call Jesus?slowpoke like u

Pristine664:


We can call muha.MAD a nitwi.t like your father.

AntiChristian:
It seems only Deborah has been killed unjustly in Nigeria or is it just because the case happened under a religious setting hence people need to keep calling a dog a bad name to hang it?

Deborah is dead! The Culprits are being detained! So why the noise?

The South Eastern Gunmen who killed a Northern woman and her kids won't get media attention like Deborah!

That's why nothing get's done in Nigeria a place where people protest on injustice selectively and discriminatingly.

We just shout and shout and later keep quiet after a while we return to status quo.

Say no to Jungle justice!
But keep your mouth shut where and when necessary!

JooEeL:
YOU WILL WRITE AND WRITE EPISTLES UNTIL YOU DO THE NEEDFUL BY SEPARATING FROM COMPLETE SAHEL ZOO ANIMALS.

AntiChristian:
It seems only Deborah has been killed unjustly in Nigeria or is it just because the case happened under a religious setting hence people need to keep calling a dog a bad name to hang it?

Deborah is dead! The Culprits are being detained! So why the noise?

The South Eastern Gunmen who killed a Northern woman and her kids won't get media attention like Deborah!

That's why nothing get's done in Nigeria a place where people protest on injustice selectively and discriminatingly.

We just shout and shout and later keep quiet after a while we return to status quo.

Say no to Jungle justice!
But keep your mouth shut where and when necessary!

Leonbonapart:
may you never know peace. May all that is good be withhold from your miserable self

lilfresh96:
So nobody is going to talk about butchered Hausa woman and her small kids on the streets of Anambra

Are they not also human beings

What will justify the killing of northerners by the so called unknown gun men (IPOB) in the south

This is hypocritical and biased

AntiChristian:
It seems only Deborah has been killed unjustly in Nigeria or is it just because the case happened under a religious setting hence people need to keep calling a dog a bad name to hang it?

Deborah is dead! The Culprits are being detained! So why the noise?

The South Eastern Gunmen who killed a Northern woman and her kids won't get media attention like Deborah!

That's why nothing get's done in Nigeria a place where people protest on injustice selectively and discriminatingly.

We just shout and shout and later keep quiet after a while we return to status quo.

Say no to Jungle justice!
But keep your mouth shut where and when necessary!

Malory:
Daily trust newspaper hasn't condemned her murder but will be quick to pin anything on IPOB

ProsperJoy:
On Thursday, 12th May 2022, a 200 level Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel was lynched and burnt to death by mob extremities as a penalty for her acclaimed blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed (SAW) and the Islam religion in general.

According to Black Law's Dictionary, murder is the crime of unlawfully killing a person, especially with malice aforethought. Murder is willful, deliberate or premeditated.

The long interval between the time the alleged blasphemous audio was sent and the time of the murder makes it deliberate and premeditated and not provocative.

The deceased was said to have blasphemed while cautioning her course mates about sending some nonsense religious posts or stuff about a 'nonsense prophet'.

Blasphemy is the act of insulting, showing contempt or lack of reverence for God as stated by Merriam Webster's dictionary. Whether or not the lynching and burning of Deborah Samuel as a penalty for blasphemy is constitutional just raises an issue.

Section 33, Chapter one of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, provides that 'every person has a right to life and no one shall be deprived intentionally of his life, save in execution of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been found guilty in Nigeria'.In the above scenario, there has been a breach of the victim's fundamental right to life.
Section 204 of Nigeria's criminal code prohibits blasphemy with a penalty of two years imprisonment. However, Sokoto is a sharia state and sharia law punishes blasphemy with a death sentence but must be sanctioned by the court of law or higher authorities. The actions of the mob are therefore unconstitutional and this is a criminal offence (Murder) according to Section 315 of Nigeria's Criminal Code. The United Nations Organization (UNO), also declared murder a grievous crime against humanity.

Religious discrimination, injustice, intolerance and partiality could have spiced the gruesome, atrocious, horrifying and unlawful killing of Deborah Samuel on the said date. There might be no case if perhaps Deborah was a Muslim. She probably might have been chastised by her coursemates, instead of rewarding her with an undeserved untimely death. The perpetrators have no right whatsoever to stone the defenceless girl to death.

Sharia law makes provision for only adulterous women to be stoned to death and not a 'blasphemous girl'. Section 38, Chapter four of the Nigerian constitution advocates for the right to the freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This is backed by article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted on December 10, 1948, by the United Nations general assembly.

In Twelve predominantly Muslim states in Northern Nigeria, Islamic Law (Sharia law) operates both in the criminal and religious domains, though only Muslims are supposed to be subject to it. This shouldn't have been applicable to a Christian like Deborah Samuel.

Federal authorities and higher courts prevent the implementation of inhumane sharia sentences and void sharia decisions that are contrary to federal law. As in the case of a twenty-two-year-old musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu who was accused of blasphemy in 2020 because of a song he shared on social media. This case attracted international press and attention and a higher court in Kano State nullified the verdict of the sharia court due to some irregularities and abnormalities in the previous trial.

This is relatable. Deborah Samuel's case could have been the same if she was not denied her right to a fair hearing as stated by Section 36, chapter four of the Nigerian constitution. Deborah was not proven guilty by any law court and as such, cannot be labelled a criminal to be deprived of her right to life.

Deborah Samuel's body was burnt after she was stoned to death. Section 242 of Nigeria's criminal code negates improper, indecent interference with, or offering an indignity to any dead human body or human remains whether buried or not. The mob's action is therefore unconstitutional and is a breach of the victim's right.

After reviewing all these laws and relating them to the above scenario, there is no other submission to reach than the fact that Deborah Samuel did not deserve the punishment meted to her. This is therefore a case of social injustice. The lawbreakers should be charged with murder, denial of the right to a fair hearing and offering indignity to a dead human body.

Author:
Okediji Prosper
University of Abuja

Pristine664:
Deborah was not a practicing Muslim so where is the blasphemy coming from?

If it is by that, then referring to Jesus as "one of the Prophets" is the greatest blasphemy to Christianity from Muslims too.

IME1:
We all must stand up against the death of Deborah
No matter your religion, faith, tribe or location.
Do unto others.
How many of you Muslims reading this can say that you've never blasphemed either your faith or that of the Christian faith or that of traditionalists?
And you never die!
You're quick to call people kafri and infidels and pagans and use DEROGATORY remarks on Christ but you feel offended when the table is turned against you.
I do not blaspheme Islam not because I fear fatua or Muslims but because it is not right to disagree disrespectfully. I won't enter a shrine and insult the deities, not out of fear but because I can disagree respectfully. We live by love that's the code, that's the new command. That person who's not my faith, I'd love him to live and see God's goodness. So why will I wish him death and miss out totally on any chance to come to belief in the power of the blood of Jesus Christ?
My dear Muslims I'm sure you may say you don't mind, but that's not true cause I've lived in Sokoto, Ilorin, Oyo and other places where Muslims are. Visited Kaduna, Kano and Kebbi among others.
Muslims you'd mind if in a class WhatsApp group Christians there post faith messages at the time of exam when past questions are required and academic information.
Dear Muslims, if Deborah insulted your faith, I personally apologise, Jesus wants us to have our words seasoned with salt and not curse but bless. But she shouldn't have been killed. She IS NOT UNDER SHARIA LAW. Sharia law only binds Muslims. Just like Marshall law binds only force men. If I'm caught in a crime inside barracks as a civilian I won't be court marshalled!
But if truly she didn't blaspheme and you all have come to find out days after (like they found out that it was indeed a bomb blast in Kano) please be humble and admit it. It can NEVER bring her back, even protests, BUT IT CAN ENSURE THAT SUCH THING NEVER OCCURS AGAIN.

wouldn't we be happy if this senseless killing never happens again?
Be it in Bauchi, Kebbi, Kaduna or Jigawa


PS: for those saying why didn't condemn the beheading in the East, while I'm not from the East, there's no competition to show the vilest offender. The burning of Deborah and the beheading of people are all bad, no one is over the other, all must be condemned, one doesn't excuse, justify or water down the other. Those who are Igbos shouldn't keep shut about Deborah because she's from Niger state and their own region is on siege. I'm neither from Kano, Niger or the East but I'm concerned about what has happened in these places and I'm speaking for them and speaking against the evils. I must not be a Muslim, from Niger, from Anambra to stand up for truth and justice.

richmind2019:

You and your animalistic blind prophet are a dumb fools. Your username says it all.

Karma will get to your doorstep soon.