An angry mob in Bauchi has killed a man simply identified as Yunusa after he was accused of making blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad.
The
incident was said to have taken place on Wednesday at about 3:00 pm in Nasaru
community, located in the Ningi Local Government Area of the state.
According
to an eyewitness, Umar Abubakar, an argument erupted between Yunusa and another
individual, during which Yunusa allegedly made the blasphemous remarks, which
quickly escalated to a mob action.
“The
victim was a member of the Faira Islamic Sect. When he insulted the Prophet,
some young men challenged him to retract his statement. He refused and repeated
it, which led to the beating,” Abubakar recounted.
Another
eyewitness, who wished to remain anonymous due to the tense situation, said the
Police initially rescued Yunusa and took him to their outpost in the community.
However,
the mob overpowered the Police and killed him.
Efforts
to get the reaction of the spokesman for the Bauchi State Police Command, SP
Ahmed Muhammad, proved abortive as he did not reply to text messages sent to
him.
Yunusa’s
death echoes a similar incident that occurred in May 2021 in Sade village,
Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The
angry youths had set a water vendor named Talle Mai Ruwa ablaze for allegedly
blaspheming Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Mai
Ruwa was detained at a local Police station before the mob seized him from his
cell and killed him.
Another
incident occurred in May 2022 when a Christian woman named Rhoda Jatau, a 40-year-old
mother of four and health worker with the Warji Local Government Area, narrowly
escaped being lynched in Katanga, the headquarters of Warji LGA, after being
accused of posting a video on her office’s WhatsApp platform that was
considered disrespectful to Islam, inciting the anger of the Muslim community.
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