A 22-year-old Musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was sentenced to death by an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State on August 10, 2020, has been denied access to lawyers even as the 30-day deadline given to him to appeal the judgment lapses on September 9, Saturday Punch reports.
Read More »“I will not waste time in signing the warrant for the execution of the man, who blasphemed our Holy Prophet of Islam,” – Ganduje
Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday, expressed his readiness to sign the death sentence judgment on an alleged blasphemy by a 22-year-old Aminu Yahaya Sharif by a Judge of Kano Upper Shari’ah Court.
Read More »Amnesty wants Kano singer’s death sentence overturned
Amnesty International on Thursday called on the authorities in Nigeria’s Kano state to overturn the death sentence imposed on a singer for alleged blasphemy of Prophet Mohammed. An Upper Islamic Sharia court in the northern city of Kano on Monday ordered 22-year-old Yahaya Aminu Sharif to die by hanging for derogatory expressions against the Prophet in one of his songs. …
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