BREAKING: A Popular Cleric was Sentenced to Death

Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru-Kabara, a well-known Islamic cleric from Kano, was sentence to death by hanging on Thursday by an executioner Upper Sharia Court in Kano State.

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According to POLITICS NIGERIA, Nasiru-Kabara, a follower of the Qadirriya sect, was given the death penalty for allegedly making derogatory remarks about the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.

The charges were preferred against him by the Kano State government.

Suraj Sa’eda, the prosecution counsel, said the defendant committed the offence on August 10, October 25, and December 20, 2019.

Delivering judgment on Thursday, Ibrahim Sarki Yola, the presiding judge), said: “I am convinced that the prosecution counsel has done their part and proven their points beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Speaking in court, Abduljabbar said: “My lord, after I heard how you twisted all my evidence, you turned around all my submissions upside down, you have assigned words to me that I have never uttered.

“Deliver your judgement, and I am not asking for leniency at all.

“I want all my followers to know that I will die a hero and I don’t want you (the Judge) Ibrahim Sarki Yola to do me any favour or grant me leniency.

“This is my last word. Assalamu Alaikum.”