Reopen case of Igbo trader murdered in Kano, CAN tells AGF
The Christian Association of Nigeria in
the 19 northern states and Abuja has expressed dissatisfaction with a
recent judgment acquitting five suspects in connection with the killing
of Mrs. Bridget Agbahime in Kano State for alleged blasphemy.
Agbahime, 74, was killed on June 2 by an irate mob in Kofar Wambai Market, Kano State.
The five suspects are Zubairu Abubakar, Musa Abdullahi, Dauda Ahmed, Abdullahi Abubakar and Abdulmumeen Mustafa.
The state Public Relations Officer, CAN,
Rev. John Hayab, told journalists in Kaduna that the judgment had
brought the judiciary into “further disrepute.”
The CAN official called on the Attorney
General of the Federation to, as a matter of urgency, call to order the
Attorney General in Kano to ensure that justice was seen to be done in
the case.
Hayab noted that the action could
encourage people to take laws into their hands because, according to
him, evil was seen to be unpunished and many other groups “will be
tempted to harm or kill innocent citizens under any and every false
guise since they can buy their freedom from the courts.”
Hayab gave the assurance that the
association would not relent in spite of the judgment already passed,
until justice was seen to have been done, while encouraging Christians
and other members of the public to remain calm, as “all avenues will be
explored to ensure that justice is done.”
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