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| How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by computergenius(op): 11:17am On Jul 05 |
Deborah almost made it. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ The school authorities had tried to keep her safe. They had hidden her inside the school security office. A taxi had been called to rush her off campus. All she had to do was make it out of the office and into the taxi. But she didn't make it. Let's talk about it. Deborah Samuel Yakubu was a 200-level Home Economics student at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State. She was 21 years old. Her class had a WhatsApp group. It was meant for announcements, lectures, exams—you know, the sort of group that almost every class has. Eventually, people started sending all sorts of things into the chat. It wasn't just about school anymore. Religious messages were being shared there regularly. According to reports, Deborah objected to that. On the morning of May 12, 2022, she sent a voice note to the group chat. She was speaking Hausa. She said that people needed to stop sending things unrelated to schoolwork into the group chat. She also made comments about the Prophet Muhammad that some members of the group believed to be bl@sphemous. At first, after her message, the group went silent. Then the replies started coming—disbelief, @nger, and even more @nger. According to several reports, some people in the group told Deborah to withdraw what she had said and apologize. But she didn't. Whether she believed she had done nothing wrong or simply didn't realize how serious the situation had become is not something I can say for sure. That voice note did not stay within the group for long. Before long, it had spread beyond the class WhatsApp group. It reached people outside the campus. Deborah came from a Christian family. For some of the people listening to the recording, it wasn't just what she had said that @ngered them. It was also the fact that they believed someone who wasn't a Muslim had insÂ¥lted the Prophet Muhammad. The atmosphere was changing. Something was coming. News of the voice note spread quickly. Some students wanted Deborah pÂ¥nished. Others tried to calm the situation and explain that she hadn't meant it that way. Around 9:00 that morning, the situation had become so serious that the school contacted the police for help. They reported that a m0b was beginning to gather. Realizing that Deborah was no longer s@fe, the school authorities rushed her to the school security office and locked her inside while arrangements were made to get her off campus. According to reports, a taxi had already been called to take her to the police station. She was very close to getting out. But before she could make it out of the security office and into the taxi, the crowd f0rced its way to where she was. They dragged her outside. Before we proceed, say no to sharia law in Yorùbá land, either you're a Christian, Muslim or traditional adherent. The law will surely cause ch∆os and conqÂ¥er us for Fulani jihadists. What happened next was captured on video. Deborah was pull€d out of the security office. She was shouted at, pÂ¥shed, be@ten, and p£lted with st0nes. The @ttack was relentless and extremely vi0lent. Eventually, tayas were placed around her b0dy, and she was s€t on faya. The @ttack happened in broad daylight on the school campus, in front of a crowd. Nobody seemed able to stop what was happening. More and more people joined the @ttack, while others recorded it. Later, those videos spread across Nigeria, leaving many people h0rrified. The reaction was immediate. Shehu Shagari College of Education was shut down indefinitely. The police announced that two suspects had been arrested in connection with Deborah's k1lling. The Sultan of Sokoto condemned what had happened and called for those responsible to be brought to justice. President Muhammadu Buhari also condemned the k!lling, saying that no one had the right to take the law into their own hands. He ordered an investigation. But the arrests did not calm everyone down. Instead, protests broke out in parts of Sokoto. Some protesters demanded that the two suspects be released immediately. Ch∆os was brewing. A curfew was imposed across the city. The reaction to Deborah's k!lling was not limited to Sokoto. Politicians, religious leaders, and human rights organizations across Nigeria condemned the k!lling. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar initially condemned Deborah's killing on social media. However, after facing backlash from some people in the comments, he deleted the post. He said it had been misrepresented and was creating more division. He also said he hadn't written it himself. The protests did not remain p£aceful. Churches were @ttacked. Christian-owned businesses and buildings were vandalized. Vehicles were burned. It was absolute chaos. Bishop Matthew Kukah later said that several Catholic churches and church properties had also been t@rgeted. Eventually, the case went to court. Remember, two men had been arrested in connection with Deborah's k1lling. Many people expected them to face mÂ¥rder charges. Instead, they were charged with criminal conspiracy and inciting public disturbance. That decision sh0cked many Nigerians. Lawyers and human rights organizations questioned why the charges did not reflect the fact that Deborah had been k!lled. Who was going to answer for her mÂ¥rder? The two accused men were represented by 34 lawyers. Meanwhile, the prosecution repeatedly failed to appear in court. The case was postponed again and again. Eventually, the court struck out the case after the prosecution repeatedly failed to present its case. Years later, Amnesty International stated that Deborah's killers still had not been brought to justice. After Deborah was buried, her family's life changed. They no longer felt safe where they lived. Apostle Chibuzo Okafor, the founder of Omega Power Ministries, stepped in. Reports say that he relocated Deborah's family to Port Harcourt, provided them with a home, gave them a car, helped her parents start a business, and supported them as they rebuilt their lives. So yes, they survived, thank God. But they had to start life over in a different city without their daughter because of something that began in a class WhatsApp group. Wild. |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by helinues: 11:32am On Jul 05 |
When you are in Rome, you need to learn to behave like the Romans. You wouldn't support your dad insulting Hitler when he was alive |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by dvdwed(m): 11:46am On Jul 05 |
Writing trash like this is so disturbing. The fact that Jihadist exists in the education walls is even a source of concern. The North will never know peace forever for the blood of the innocent and faithfuls that cry against the land. helinues: |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by thesolutions(m): 11:50am On Jul 05 |
helinues:very insensitive but it is your opinion anyway. May the peaceful find peace. |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by helinues: 11:51am On Jul 05 |
dvdwed:You don't have to be crying profusely about my opinion You can head to the north with mega phone and insult their prophet without nagging on my mentions |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by helinues: 11:52am On Jul 05 |
thesolutions:Definitely, my comments will make some people to hit their heads on the wall on this thread. Wetin concern me |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by thesolutions(m): 11:59am On Jul 05 |
helinues:Off course. You are helinues. I pray the peaceful won't follow the crowd. May they find peace. |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by helinues: 12:02pm On Jul 05 |
thesolutions:See, you people are the real trouble maker who should seek for God's forgiveness Just this morning, I still watch one video of a Southerner insulting Muhammad, I have been seeing so many lately but nobody give a hoot. Northerners have made it known severally that don't insult our prophet or you will face the consequences. Why can't some people respect that. Nansense |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by Tooreda: 1:59pm On Jul 05 |
The bastards killed her in the name of defending their lifeless god. What was more embarassing was the way their so called political leaders started talking about red line that should not be crossed. Really? Death penalty for crossing red line? That how useless you become once you are indoctrinated. |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by T9ksy(m): 2:42pm On Jul 05 |
helinues:But it's okay for northerners to insult other people's God, ba? Abegi, go sidon for one corner jo and STFU. |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by BATified2023: 4:32pm On Jul 05 |
Tooreda:oga helinues was right irrespective of whatever your opinion is She could have just apologized and move on n still be alive today, when u are in a sensitive environment u need common sense to live. Same thing nearly happened with a girl when we were serving in ogun state but the female corper was beaten by a woman in the same lodge as her. Let me break down the story so u can understand, we served in ogun state together n ifeoma was staying in a face me I slap u compound as a corper, it was just one Saturday that we received a distress message on Whatsapp that ifeoma have been beaten by a woman. We got there and the case was reported at the nearest police station in which we were told to come with the lgi on Monday. When ifeoma was asked to talk she was just saying some rubbish which wasn't adding up but when the woman was asked to talk she raised some salient points that everywhere went quiet for a while n she even gave evidences. 1) ifeoma had culture shock in Yoruba land but instead of keeping quiet she was talking She complained that they are using bathroom broom to do ewedu, the woman said she has explained a million times to her that it's not toilet broom but she was always adamant and she was virtually telling everyone about it n the woman made it clear that she asked her what her problem is n has she ever given her from the food before? That was when the police officer came in n asked ifeoma if that woman ever forced her to take from the food? She replied no 2) ifeoma also had problem with another lady in that same compound for going to a white garment church, she complained that they are fetish in their church even when the lady has never forced her or invited her to her church before. It was at this point the officer asked ifeoma again if she has ever been forced to white garment church before? Ifeome went numb. 3) the last one was talking about how poor people in that compound was and how a lady could settle down to marry a bike man, at that stage even me that I was defending her before just calm down amidst other shits she said prior to the time the woman beat her. The most annoying part that annoyed us there was that she doubled down on those things and even said far worse that day, a police woman was reigning in her to hold on n she was trying to explain Yoruba tradition of cooking ewedu, could u believe this lady said "dirty culture"....that was when the woman said the police can't do anything that if she felt offended she should take it to court. The LGI had to speak people at one fellowship house to allow her stay till she finished service cos it was obvious she can't keep quiet It was because of ifeoma case that the LGI started another reorientation program for corp members that year, I don't know if they still do it till date cos na 2016 batch A stream 1. My point is that there are something's u see n just lock up so far it didn't affect u directly and if u make mistake just apologize n don't think what happens in your place is the same with other places. |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by BATified2023: 4:45pm On Jul 05 |
dvdwed:does this your curse bring back Deborah back to life? Either u accept it or not there's something called diplomacy n common sense. Due to my nature of work I meet people from virtually all works of life, I am a Christian and I meet high ranking Muslims.... irrespective of whatever they say in my presence in d course of business na their problem...I will lock up n move on cos I am there to make money n not to fight about the best religion. Even as I dey support Tinubu with my full chest, if I reach where I wan collect job or do business n I see they support obi or Atiku I will say yes to them n support obi or atiku pending the time I leave there n after I collect my money I support tinubu again. Not that I am not proud to support Tinubu but some people are extremist, they can do n undo if u don't follow their line so when dealing with people like that u apply commone sense. No sane person will go to the south east to insult nnamdi kanu, even ibos wey insult am collect wetin no good so it's madness for a non ibo to go there n talk down on who they see as hero. Same thing applies in the north, they cherish their religion a lot n for the sake of common sense u don't go there n insult him. That's basic common sense |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by computergenius(op): 9:57pm On Jul 05 |
@seun Do the needful. Please. |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by thesolutions(m): 10:11pm On Jul 05 |
helinues:We ask God for forgiveness for known and unknown sin. Thank you for caring. But a Moslem cleric was teaching that Jesus is not God. That Jesus is brother to Muhammad. He went ahead to curse Christians. Those are blasphemous but no Christian is raising an uproar. They will say that is their believe. But when a Christian speak about who your prophet Muhammad is, it becomes an insult to your whole religion that some go to a length of calling for the head of the christian like you are imagining on the person you saw online. But Jesus gives his followers peace. Not vice versa. May the peaceful find peace. |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by MIKOLOWISKA: 10:21pm On Jul 05 |
Northern school or school in the north Why was she running her mouth when she should know she's on her own? computergenius: |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by MIKOLOWISKA: 10:23pm On Jul 05 |
thesolutions:so the truth now is insensitive. See eye q |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by thesolutions(m): 10:37pm On Jul 05 |
MIKOLOWISKA:By your definition of truth, you are affirming that no one should speak against Hitler. Anyone that speak against Hitler should be put to death. But Hitler is not even a religious figure. It's a pity using him to drive home a narrative about his religious attributes is seen as truth by you. His opinion is not truth. But Jesus is truth. Even when he was insulted, he prayed that those that reviled him be forgiven. If you consider that a low eye q, that is where my eye q came from. Peace. |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by helinues: 6:14am On Jul 06 |
thesolutions:Is it today you just got to know that some Muslim are intolerant when it comes to their prophet? Have you seen anyone being attacked for insulting Muhammad in any part of Southern Regions before even for the fact that the insult is becoming steady You can insult Muhammad as how you like in Southern regions without anyone giving a hoot but Northerners can't do that. If they can't do that, then respect it |
| Re: How Deborah A Christian Female Student Was Murdered In A Northern School by MIKOLOWISKA: 8:04am On Jul 06 |
thesolutions:Did I tell you not to speak You're the one trying to control speech Anyone that speak against Hitler should be put to death. .You already talking like a dictator I never said such But Hitler is not even a religious figure. It's a pity using him to drive home a narrative about his religious attributes is seen as truth by you.You brought up Hitler Not me His opinion is not truth.But it's his opinion You cannot silence others opinions That's how you end up with Hitler's But Jesus is truth. Even when he was insulted, he prayed that those that reviled him be forgiven. .But if it's you you would've had them arrested and shot for insulting Jesus If you consider that a low eye q, that is where my eye q came from.I do And it never ends well |
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